Land

Land

1. A surname​.
   • 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.

• Land camera

• Landi

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

Land m

1. A male given name.

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).

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /lɒnd/

Land n (plural Länder)

1. land
2. country

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).

• IPA^(key): /lant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

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)

• 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".

• See: Category:de:Countries

• Niederlande
• Niderlendisch (adjective)
• Oberlendisch (adjective)

• → Polish: ląd

• Land in Duden online

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

• IPA^(key): /lant/

Land n (plural Lenner)

1. land
2. country

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

• IPA^(key): /lɑnt/

  Rhymes: -ɑnt

Land n (plural Länner)

1. (uncountable) land
2. country

Compare German Land, Dutch land, English land.

Land n (plural Lenner)

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