Zeiland

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zîlant, from Old High German, attested as cigelinta. The first part is the God name *Tīwaz, the second part *lindō (“linden”). Compare Old Norse týviðr, Norwegian tyved, tusved, tysved, tyrved, tybast, tysbast, Swedish tibast, tived, tysved, denoting the same plant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡saɪ̯lant/

Noun

Zeiland m (strong, genitive Zeilandes or Zeilands, plural Zeilande)

1. obsolete form of Seidelbast (“daphne”)

Declension

Declension of Zeiland [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zeiland	die	Zeilande
genitive	eines	des	Zeilandes, Zeilands	der	Zeilande
dative	einem	dem	Zeiland, Zeilande1	den	Zeilanden
accusative	einen	den	Zeiland	die	Zeilande

¹Now rare, see notes.

References

• “Zeiland” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.