Eiland

See also: eiland

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch eiland and North German Eiland. Compare Eilander.

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.

Anagrams

• lead-in, denial, denail, Leanid, Aldine, Denali, alined, Delina, lead in, nailed, daniel, dienal, Delian, enlaid, inlead, Daniel, lained, dealin', leadin', deal in

Dutch

Etymology

• (Leudal) See also Limburgish Eilandj. (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”). See also Limburgish Eilandj.
• (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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ei‧land
• Homophone: eiland

Proper noun

Eiland n

1. a hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands
2. a hamlet in Maasgouw, Limburg, Netherlands
3. a hamlet in Woensdrecht, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German eilant, einlant, from Middle Low German eilant (by which it was reinforced again during the 16th c.), from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Cognate with Dutch eiland, English island, Icelandic eyland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯lant/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ei‧land

Noun

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

1. (chiefly literary) an island, usually a small and/or isolated one

   Synonyms: (kleine) Insel, Inselchen

   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.

   • 2026 June 12, Jan Lustig, “Wie Curacaos Chong über das „Sommermärchen“ zum Fußball kam”, in Kicker‎^[1]:

     Geboren auf Curacao. Von allen WM-Spielern der kleinen Karibikinsel kann nur Tahith Chong dieses Prädikat für sich beanspruchen. In der Hauptstadt Willemstad kam er zur Welt und verbrachte einen Teil seiner Kindheit auf dem gerade einmal 444 Quadratkilometer großen Eiland.

     Born in Curaçao. Of all World Cup players representing the small Caribbean island, only Tahith Chong can claim this distinction. He was born in the capital, Willemstad, and spent part of his childhood on the island, whose size does not exceed 444 square kilometers.

Usage notes

• The word is typically used when the author either wants to avoid repetition of Insel or wants to emphasize the smallness; most often both factors combine.

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.

See also

• Werder (“river island”)

Further reading

• “Eiland” in Duden online
• “Eiland”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Low German

Alternative forms

• Ailand

Etymology

From Middle Low German eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, 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

• Eiland-Kariben
• Eilandbarg
• Eilandgemeen
• Eilandgemeend
• Eilandgemeende
• Eilandhööftstadt
• Eilandinwahner
• Eilandinwahnerin
• Eilandinwahnersch
• Eilandinwahnersche
• Eilandinwohner
• Eilandinwohnerin
• Eilandinwohnersch
• Eilandinwohnersche
• Eilandrebeet
• Eilandrinn
• Eilandsegment
• Eilandverwalten

References

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