Land
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ænd
Proper noun
[edit]Land
- A surname from Middle English.
- 2012, Peter Moormann, Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance, page 82:
- After the success of Secret of Monkey Island (1990), composer Michael Land longed for a more flexible system to integrate his music into a game.
Derived terms
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]“Heath-dweller; pasture-dweller”, probably from lëndë (“matter, timber”), connected to lëndinë (“pasture, grassland”).
Proper noun
[edit]Land m
- a male given name
Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognate with German Land, Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Land n (plural Länder)
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Land n (strong, genitive Landes or Lands, plural Länder or (elevated or poetic) Lande, diminutive Ländchen n or Ländlein n)
- country (territory of a nation)
- state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
- land (real estate or landed property)
- land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)
Usage notes
[edit]- The normal plural is Länder. The plural Lande is elevated or poetic, and is occasionally used in modern German to mean "countryside, vast areas", e.g. die weiten Lande Sibiriens – "the wide lands of Siberia". It is also found in fixed expressions such as Niederlande (“Netherlands”).
Declension
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- Ackerland
- Adélieland
- aller Herren Ländern (aus aller Herren Ländern, in aller Herren Ländern, nach aller Herren Ländern), aller Herren Länder (durch aller Herren Länder, für aller Herren Länder, but also aus aller Herren Länder, in aller Herren Länder)
- Ausland
- Bergland
- Bindestrichland
- Brachland
- Bundesland
- Feuchtland
- Flachland
- Grasland
- Grünland
- Heimatland
- Herkunftsland
- Hochland
- Hohenzollernsche Lande n pl
- Inland
- Landesgrenze
- Landesteil
- Landesvater
- Landesverfassung
- Landesverrat
- landlos
- Landschaft
- Landstreicher
- Landstrich
- Moorland
- Niemandsland
- Ödland
- Sumpfland
- Tiefland
- Trockenland
- Ursprungsland
- Vorzeigeland
Related terms
[edit]- abendländisch
- alpenländisch
- Altisländisch
- altisländisch
- ausländisch
- binnenländisch
- ermländisch
- estländisch
- falkländisch
- festländisch
- feuerländisch
- finnländisch
- fremdländisch
- gotländisch
- grönländisch
- Grönländisch
- halbausländisch
- hochländisch
- holländisch
- Holländisch
- inländisch
- irländisch
- Isländisch
- isländisch
- jütländisch
- kapholländisch
- Kapholländisch
- lappländisch
- livländisch
- mailändisch
- morgenländisch
- mutterländisch
- neufundländisch
- Neuisländisch
- neuisländisch
- neuseeländisch
- nichtholländisch
- nichtisländisch
- niederländisch
- nordländisch
- Oberländisch
- oberländisch
- ostländisch
- rheinländisch
- rußländisch
- russländisch
- saarländisch
- Samländisch
- samländisch
- südländisch
- swasiländisch
- thailändisch
- vaterländisch
- westländisch
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Land” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Land” in Duden online
- “Land” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Land”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.[1]
Cognate with German, Luxembourgish, and Pennsylvania German Land.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Land n (plural Land or Lenner, diminutive Lendche)
- land (part of Earth not covered by water)
- land (real estate or landed property)
- Synonym: Terreno
- (uncountable) land; soil
- Near-synonym: Grund
- Er zackerd das Land.
- He ploughs the land.
- (uncountable) terrain
- Evenes Land
- Flat terrain
- country
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Land”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 100, column 2
Limburgish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą. Compare the variant landj.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Land n (plural Länder or Län or Lande, dative singular Lan or Land, diminutive Ländsche) (German-based spelling)
- (uncountable) land
- (countable) country (territory of a nation)
- (countable) state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
- (countable) land (real estate or landed property)
- (uncountable) land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- (uncountable) country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Land n (plural Länner)
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German lant. Compare German Land, Dutch land, English land.
Noun
[edit]Land n (plural Lenner)
- Rhymes:English/ænd
- Rhymes:English/ænd/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- English terms with quotations
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian proper nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- Albanian given names
- Albanian male given names
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Alemannic German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German neuter nouns
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ant
- Rhymes:German/ant/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/ant
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/ant/1 syllable
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik neuter nouns
- Hunsrik uncountable nouns
- Hunsrik terms with usage examples
- Hunsrik terms with collocations
- hrx:Landforms
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Limburgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Limburgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Limburgish/ant
- Rhymes:Limburgish/ant/1 syllable
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish nouns
- Limburgish neuter nouns
- Limburgish German-based spelling forms
- Limburgish uncountable nouns
- Limburgish countable nouns
- li:Landforms
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑnt
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑnt/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish neuter nouns
- Luxembourgish uncountable nouns
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lendʰ- (land)
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German neuter nouns