Land

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See also: land, länd, lǟnd, and -land

English

Proper noun

Land

  1. 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

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

“Heath-dweller; pasture-dweller”, probably from lëndë (“matter, timber”), connected to lëndinë (“pasture, grassland”).

Proper noun

Land m

  1. a male given name.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognate with German Land, Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Land n (plural Länder)

  1. land
  2. country

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lant/
  • audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Land n (genitive Landes or Lands, plural Länder or Lande, diminutive Ländchen n or Ländlein n)

  1. country (territory of a nation)
  2. state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
  3. land (real estate or landed property)
  4. land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
  5. country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)

Usage notes

  • 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".

Declension

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Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Polish: ląd

Further reading

  • “Land” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Land n (plural Lenner)

  1. land
  2. country

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą.

Pronunciation

Noun

Land n (plural Länner)

  1. (uncountable) land
  2. country

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Land, Dutch land, English land.

Noun

Land n (plural Lenner)

  1. land
  2. country
  3. soil, garden bed
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