Land

land länd lǟnd -land English Pronunciation en ænd 1 Proper noun en Middle English. en 2012 Peter Moormann Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance 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 en Land camera en Land effect Albanian Alternative forms sq Landi Etymology “Heath-dweller; pasture-dweller”, probably from sq lëndë matter, timber, connected to sq lëndinë pasture, grassland. Proper noun m sq male Declension Alemannic German Etymology gsw ine-pro *lendʰ- land From gsw gmh lant, from gsw goh lant, from gsw gmw-pro *land, from gsw gem-pro *landą. Cognate with de Land, bar Lond, nl land, en land, and da land, got 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳. Pronunciation gsw /lɒnd̥/ Zurich Noun n Länder land country countryside German Alternative forms de Landt Lande Etymology de :inh gmh:lant 1 de ine-pro *lendʰ- land From de gmh lant, from de goh lant, from de gmw-pro *land, from de gem-pro *landą, from de ine-pro *lendʰ- land, heath land. Compare nl -, en -, and da land, got 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳. Pronunciation de /lant/ /lɑnt/ de De-Land2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Land.ogg de ant 1 Noun n,(e)s,^er:e[elevated or poetic] ^chen,^lein 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 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 de Niederlande Netherlands. Declension n,(e)s,^er:e[elevated or poetic] Hyponyms See: :Category:de:Countries de Abendland de Morgenland de Neuland de Oberland de Unterland de Zweistromland Derived terms de aller Herren Ländern Adélieland Bundesland Landesvater Landesverrat Landesverfassung Landesgrenze Landesteil landlos Landschaft Landstreicher Landstrich Niemandsland Ursprungsland Herkunftsland Heimatland Ausland Inland Flachland Tiefland Hochland Hohenzollernsche Lande<g:n-p> Bergland Ackerland Bindestrichland Brachland Grünland Grasland Feuchtland Sumpfland Moorland Trockenland Ödland Vorzeigeland Weideland Wieaenland Related terms de 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 swasiländisch südländisch thailändisch vaterländisch westländisch Descendants 1 lld lont 1 pl ląd Further reading Hunsrik Alternative forms hrx Lant Altenhofen hrx lant Wiesemann Etymology hrx :inh gmh:lant<id:land> + land100 2 Cognate with de,lb,pdc Land. Pronunciation Noun n Land Lenner Lendche land part of Earth not covered by water land real estate or landed property hrx Terreno hrx uncountable land; soil hrx Grund hrx Er zackerd das Land. He ploughs the land. hrx uncountable terrain hrx Evenes Land Flat terrain country Related terms hrx Russland Deitschland England Finnland Griecheland Nitterlande lande Landkaart Landwertschaft Ausland References hrx Landforms Limburgish Alternative forms li land Veldeke li Laïnt Eupen li landj Lond Lound li Lank Lonk Ripuarian-Limburgish Etymology li ine-pro *lendʰ- land li dum lant, from li odt lant, from li gmw-pro *land, from li gem-pro *landą. Compare the variant li landj. Pronunciation li /ˈla˨nt/ [ˈlɑ(ː)˨nt] li ant 1 Noun li noun n plural Länder or Län or Lande dative singular Lan or Land diminutive Ländsche li sp-DE li uncountable land li countable country territory of a nation li countable state, province political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy li countable land real estate or landed property li uncountable land part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water li uncountable country, countryside rural area, as opposed to a town or city li Landforms Luxembourgish Etymology lb ine-pro *lendʰ- land From lb goh lant, from lb gmw-pro *land, from lb gem-pro *landą. Pronunciation lb /lɑnt/ lb ɑnt 1 Noun n Länner lb uncountable land country Further reading Pennsylvania German Etymology pdc ine-pro *lendʰ- land From pdc gmh lant. Compare de Land, nl land, en land. Noun pdc noun n plural Lenner land country soil, garden bed