land

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English land, lond, from Old English land, lond (“earth, land, soil, ground; defined piece of land, territory, realm, province, district; landed property; country (not town); ridge in a ploughed field”), from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Scots land (“land”), West Frisian lân (“land”), Dutch land (“land”), German Land (“land, country, state”), Swedish land (“land, country, shore, territory”), Icelandic land (“land”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old Irish lann (“heath”), Welsh llan (“enclosure”), Breton lann (“heath”), Old Church Slavonic lędо from Proto-Slavic *lenda (“heath, wasteland”) and Albanian lëndinë (“heath, grassland”) from lëndë (“matter, substance”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land (plural lands)

  1. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
    Most insects live on land.
  2. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
    There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
  3. A country or region.
    They come from a faraway land.
  4. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
  5. Ground that is suitable for farming.
    Plant the potatoes in the land.
  6. (Ireland, colloquial) A fright.
    He got an awful land when the police arrived.
  7. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
  8. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
  9. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
    Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
  10. (ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
    • 2008 August 1, Lisa Steele, “Ballistics”, in Eric York Drogin editor, Science for Lawyers, American Bar Association, page 16:
      The FBI maintains a database, the General Rifling Characteristics (GRC) file, which is organized by caliber, number of lands and grooves, direction of twist, and width of lands and grooves, to help an examiner figure out the origin of a recovered bullet.
    • 2012 November 15, Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes, “One Way to Get Off”, Elementary season 1 episode 7:
      The human eye is a precision instrument. It can detect grooves and lands on a slug more efficiently than any computer.

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from land (noun)

Translations[edit]

the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
real estate or landed property
a country or region
someone's homeplace
ground that is suitable for farming
The space between the rifling grooves in a gun

Verb[edit]

land (third-person singular simple present lands, present participle landing, simple past and past participle landed)

  1. (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
    The plane is about to land.
  2. (dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
    • 1859, “Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.”, quoted in Alexander Easton, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, page 108:
      10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed.
  3. (intransitive) To come into rest.
  4. (intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
  5. (transitive) To bring to land.
    It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
    Use the net to land the fish.
  6. (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
      As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
  7. (transitive) To deliver.

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the verb "land"

Translations[edit]

to descend to a surface, especially from the air
to come into rest
to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water
to bring to land
to acquire; to secure
to deliver

Adjective[edit]

land (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to land.
  2. Residing or growing on land.

Translations[edit]

Of or relating to land
Residing or growing on land

Statistics[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Noun[edit]

land (plural lande)

  1. country, nation

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /lan/, [lanˀ]

Noun[edit]

land n (singular definite landet, plural indefinite lande)

  1. country (nation state (noun))
  2. land
Usage notes[edit]

In compounds: land-, lande-, lands-, -land.

Inflection[edit]
    Inflection of land
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative land landet lande landene
genitive lands landets landes landenes

Etymology 2[edit]

See lande (“to land”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /lan/, [lanˀ]

Verb[edit]

land

  1. imperative of lande

Etymology 3[edit]

From land (“country”). Possibly influenced by proper nouns like English Disneyland and Danish Legoland. [from 1969]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /-lan/, [-ˌlanˀ]

Noun[edit]

*land n

  1. (bound morpheme, only used as the last part of compounds) a large area or facility dedicated to a certain type of activity or merchandise
Compounds[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare German Land, West Frisian lân, English and Danish land.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n (plural landen, diminutive landje)

  1. land, country

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

land

  1. first-person singular present indicative of landen
  2. imperative of landen

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Noun[edit]

land n (genitive singular lands, plural lond)

  1. land
  2. coast
  3. country, nation
  4. ground, soil
  5. "the state"
  6. urine (singular only)

Declension[edit]

n8 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative land landið lond londini
Accusative land landið lond londini
Dative landi landinum londum londunum
Genitive lands landsins landa landanna

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

land

  1. See 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n (genitive singular lands, plural lönd)

  1. (uncountable) land, earth, ground (part of the Earth not under water)
  2. (countable) country
    Japan er fallegt land.
    Japan is a beautiful country.
  3. (uncountable) countryside, country
    Ég bý úti á landi.
    I live in the country
  4. (uncountable) land, as a mass noun, measurable in quantity
  5. (countable) tracts of land, aestate
    Ég á þetta land og allt sem er á því.
    I own this land and everything on it.

Declension[edit]

declension of land
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landið lönd löndin
accusative land landið lönd löndin
dative landi landinu löndum löndunum
genitive lands landsins landa landanna

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. country
  2. land

Inflection[edit]

    Inflection of land
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål n land landet land landa/landene
Nynorsk n land landet land landa [landi]

References[edit]

  • “land” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Old Saxon land, Old Frisian land, lond, Old Dutch lant (Dutch land), Old High German lant (German Land), Old Norse land (Swedish land), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Celtic *landā (Welsh llan ‘enclosure’, Breton lann ‘heath’).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. land

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Germanic *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Old Saxon land, Old Frisian land, lond, Old English land, lond, Old Dutch lant, Old High German lant, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳.

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. land

Declension[edit]

    declension of land
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative land landit lǫnd lǫndin
Accusative land landit lǫnd lǫndin
Dative landi landinu lǫndum lǫndunum
Genitive lands landsins landa landanna

Descendants[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognate with Old English land, lond, Old Frisian land, lond, Dutch land, Old High German lant (German Land), Old Norse land (Swedish land), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Celtic *landā (Welsh llan ‘enclosure’, Breton lann ‘heath’).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. land

Declension[edit]

Declension of land
Singular Plural
nominative land land
accusative land land
genitive landes landō
dative lande landum

Descendants[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. a land, a country, a nation, a state
  2. (uncountable) land, ground, earth, territory; as opposed to sea or air
    land i sikte!
    land in sight!
    efter kriget tvangs förlorande staterna avträda mycket land
    after the war, the losing states had to cede much land
  3. (uncountable) land, countryside, earth, ground suitable for farming; as opposed to towns and cities
    livet på landet
    life in the countryside
    stad och land
    town and country
  4. a garden plot, short for trädgårdsland; small piece of ground for growing vegetables, flowers, etc.

Declension[edit]

Declension of land 1
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landet länder länderna
genitive lands landets länders ländernas
Declension of land 2-3
uncountable uncountable
Neuter indefinite definite
nominative land landet
genitive lands landets
Declension of land 4 (historically also of land 1)
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landet land landen
genitive lands landets lands landens

Synonyms[edit]

  • (country): nation
  • (neither sea nor air): backe, landbacke, mark
  • (ground suitable for farming): mark (owned land in general, for farming or not)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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