Eiland

See also: eiland

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Eiland.

Proper noun

Eiland (plural Eilands)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eiland is the 9929^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3250 individuals. Eiland is most common among White (52.68%) and Black/African American (39.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eiland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 517.

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Dutch

Etymology

• (Leudal) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
• (Maasgouw) First attested as Eyland in 1803-1820. Derived from eiland (“island”).
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Het Eyland of Swart ven in 1780. Derived from eiland (“island”). The name originally referred to a peninsula of solid land surrounded by peat bogs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯.lɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: Ei‧land
• Rhymes: -ɑnt
• Homophone: eiland

Proper noun

Eiland n

1. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Eilandj (Limburgish, unofficial)

2. A hamlet in Maasgouw, Limburg, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Eilandj (Limburgish, unofficial)

3. A hamlet in Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Compare Dutch eiland, English island, Icelandic eyland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯lant/

• Audio:

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Noun

Eiland n (strong, genitive Eilandes or Eilands, plural Eilande)

1. (literary) a small island, typically isolated

   Er war so menschenscheu, dass er sein Leben am liebsten auf einem Eiland im Ozean verbracht hätte.

   He was so reclusive that he would have preferred to spend his life on some little island in the ocean.

2. (literary) an island of any size; occasionally used to avoid repitition of Insel, otherwise poetic

Declension

Declension of Eiland [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Eiland	die	Eilande
genitive	eines	des	Eilandes, Eilands	der	Eilande
dative	einem	dem	Eiland, Eilande1	den	Eilanden
accusative	ein	das	Eiland	die	Eilande

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• Insel

Further reading

• “Eiland” in Duden online
• “Eiland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Low German

Alternative forms

• Ailand

Etymology

From Middle Low German eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Compare German Eiland, Dutch eiland, English island, Icelandic eyland.

Noun

Eiland f (plural Eilannen)

1. island

Synonyms

• Insel
• Warder

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Eilandbarg
• Eilandgemeen
• Eilandgemeend
• Eilandgemeende
• Eilandhööftstadt
• Eilandinwahner

• Eilandinwahnerin
• Eilandinwahnersch
• Eilandinwahnersche
• Eilandinwohner
• Eilandinwohnerin
• Eilandinwohnersch

• Eilandinwohnersche
• Eiland-Kariben
• Eilandrebeet
• Eilandrinn
• Eilandsegment
• Eilandverwalten

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)