land

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See also: Land, länd, lǟnd, and -land

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English land, lond, from Old English land, lond ‎(“earth, land, soil, ground; defined piece of land, territory, realm, province, district; landed property; country (not town); ridge in a ploughed field”), from Proto-Germanic *landą ‎(“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”). Cognate with Scots land ‎(“land”), West Frisian lân ‎(“land”), Dutch land ‎(“land”), German Land ‎(“land, country, state”), Norwegian and Swedish land ‎(“land, country, shore, territory”), Icelandic land ‎(“land”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old Irish lann ‎(“heath”), Welsh llan ‎(“enclosure”), Breton lann ‎(“heath”), Old Church Slavonic лѧдо ‎(lędo), from Proto-Slavic *lenda ‎(“heath, wasteland”) and Albanian lëndinë ‎(“heath, grassland”) from lëndë ‎(“matter, substance”).

Noun[edit]

land (countable and uncountable, plural lands)

  1. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
    Most insects live on land.
  2. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
    There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
  3. A country or region.
    They come from a faraway land.
  4. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
  5. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
    wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes
  6. A general country, state, or territory.
    He moved from his home to settle in a faraway land.
  7. (often in combination) realm, domain.
    I'm going to Disneyland.
    Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.
  8. (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
  9. (Ireland, colloquial) A fright.
    He got an awful land when the police arrived.
  10. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
  11. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
  12. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
    Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
  13. (obsolete) The ground or floor.
    • Spenser
      Herself upon the land she did prostrate.
  14. (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  15. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
    1. (ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
    • 2008 August 1, Steele, Lisa, “Ballistics”, in Eric York Drogin, editor, Science for Lawyers, American Bar Association, page 16:
      The FBI maintains a database, the General Rifling Characteristics (GRC) file, which is organized by caliber, number of lands and grooves, direction of twist, and width of lands and grooves, to help an examiner figure out the origin of a recovered bullet.
    • 2012 November 15, Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes, “One Way to Get Off”, in Elementary, season 1, episode 7:
      The human eye is a precision instrument. It can detect grooves and lands on a slug more efficiently than any computer.

Hyponyms[edit]

Hyponyms of land
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from land

Related terms[edit]

Related terms
Translations[edit]
fright — see fright

Verb[edit]

land (third-person singular simple present lands, present participle landing, simple past and past participle landed)

  1. (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
    The plane is about to land.
  2. (dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
    • 1859, “Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.”, quoted in Alexander Easton, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, page 108:
      10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed.
  3. (intransitive) To come into rest.
  4. (intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
  5. (transitive) To bring to land.
    It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
    Use the net to land the fish.
    • Shakespeare
      I'll undertake to land them on our coast.
  6. (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
  7. (transitive) To deliver.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the verb "land"
Translations[edit]
to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water
to deliver — see deliver

Adjective[edit]

land (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to land.
  2. Residing or growing on land.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English hland.

Noun[edit]

land (uncountable)

  1. lant; urine

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Statistics[edit]

Most common English words before 1923: return · call · speak · #355: land · why · women · cried

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

land (plural lande)

  1. country; nation

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n ( singular definite landet, plural indefinite lande)

  1. country (nation state)
  2. land
Usage notes[edit]

In compounds: land-, lande-, lands-, -land.

Inflection[edit]
Declension of land
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landet lande landene
genitive lands landets landes landenes

Etymology 2[edit]

See lande ‎(“to land”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

land

  1. imperative of lande

Etymology 3[edit]

From land ‎(“country”). Possibly influenced by proper nouns like English Disneyland and Danish Legoland. [from 1969]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /-lan/, [-ˌlanˀ]

Noun[edit]

*land n

  1. (bound morpheme, only used as the last part of compounds) a large area or facility dedicated to a certain type of activity or merchandise
Compounds[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”). Compare German Land, West Frisian lân, English and Danish land.

Noun[edit]

land n (plural landen, diminutive landje n)

  1. land; country
  2. land (part of Earth not covered by water)

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from land

Verb[edit]

land

  1. first-person singular present indicative of landen
  2. imperative of landen

Elfdalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”). Cognate with Swedish land.

Noun[edit]

land

  1. country; nation

Faroese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”).

Noun[edit]

land n (genitive singular lands, plural lond)

  1. land
  2. coast
  3. country, nation
  4. ground, soil
  5. the state
Declension[edit]
n8 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative land landið lond londini
Accusative land landið lond londini
Dative landi landinum londum londunum
Genitive lands landsins landa landanna
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European *klān- ‎(“liquid, wet ground”). Cognate with Lithuanian klanas ‎(“pool, puddle, slop”).

Noun[edit]

land n (genitive singular lands, uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) urine
Declension[edit]
n8 Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative land landið
Accusative land landið
Dative landi landinum
Genitive lands landsins

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

land

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n (genitive singular lands, nominative plural lönd)

  1. (uncountable) land, earth, ground (part of the Earth not under water)
  2. (countable) country
    Japan er fallegt land.‎
    Japan is a beautiful country.
  3. (uncountable) countryside, country
    Ég bý úti á landi.‎
    I live in the country.
  4. (uncountable) land, as a mass noun, measurable in quantity
  5. (countable) tracts of land, an estate
    Ég á þetta land og allt sem er á því.‎
    I own this land and everything on it.

Declension[edit]

declension of land
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landið lönd löndin
accusative land landið lönd löndin
dative landi landinu löndum löndunum
genitive lands landsins landa landanna

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from land

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”).

Noun[edit]

land n (definite singular landet, indefinite plural land, definite plural landa or landene)

  1. country
  2. land
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from land

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

land

  1. imperative of lande

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n (definite singular landet, indefinite plural land, definite plural landa)

  1. country
    Noreg er eit land i nord.
    Norway is a country in the north.
  2. land
    Det var mangel på land for jordbruk.
    There was a lack of land for agriculture.

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from land

References[edit]

Old Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą.

Noun[edit]

land n (genitive lanz, plural land)

  1. land
    • 1241, Codex Holmiensis, prologue.
      Mæth logh skal land byggæs.
      With law shall land be built.

Declension[edit]

Declension of land (Scanian system)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landit land landin
accusative land landit land landin
dative landi landinu landum landunum
genitive lanz lanzins landa landanna
The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse.

Descendants[edit]

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”). Cognate with Old Saxon land, Old Frisian land, lond, Old Dutch lant (Dutch land), Old High German lant (German Land), Old Norse land (Swedish land), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 ‎(land). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Celtic *landā (Welsh llan ‎(“enclosure”), Breton lann ‎(“heath”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. earth, one of the four elements
  2. a land, region, district, or province
  3. owned or tilled land, an estate

Declension[edit]

Declension of land (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative land land
accusative land land
genitive landes landa
dative lande landum

Descendants[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

land ?

  1. Alternative spelling of lann

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
land
also lland after a proclitic		 land
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/		 land
also lland after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”). Cognate with Old Saxon land, Old Frisian land, lond, Old English land, lond, Old Dutch lant, Old High German lant, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 ‎(land).

Noun[edit]

land n (genitive lands, plural lǫnd)

  1. land

Declension[edit]

  Declension of land (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landit lǫnd lǫndin
accusative land landit lǫnd lǫndin
dative landi landinu lǫndum lǫndunum
genitive lands landsins landa landanna

Descendants[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”). Cognate with Old English land, lond, Old Frisian land, lond, Dutch land, Old High German lant (German Land), Old Norse land (Swedish land), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 ‎(land). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Celtic *landā (Welsh llan ‎(“enclosure”), Breton lann ‎(“heath”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. land

Declension[edit]

Declension of land (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative land land
accusative land land
genitive landes landō
dative lande landum
instrumental — —


Descendants[edit]

  • German Low German: Land

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą.

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. land

Declension[edit]

Declension of land (a-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landit land landin
accusative land landit land landin
dative landi, -e landinu, -eno landum, -om landumin, -omen
genitive lands landsins landa landanna

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Land.

Noun[edit]

land m inan

  1. (Poznań dialect) rural area: the country(side)

Synonyms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‎(“land, heath”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

land n

  1. a land, a country, a nation, a state
  2. (uncountable) land, ground, earth, territory; as opposed to sea or air
    land i sikte!‎
    land in sight!
    efter kriget tvangs förlorande staterna avträda mycket land‎
    after the war, the losing states had to cede much land
  3. (uncountable) land, countryside, earth, ground suitable for farming; as opposed to towns and cities
    livet på landet‎
    life in the countryside
    stad och land‎
    town and country
  4. a garden plot, short for trädgårdsland; small piece of ground for growing vegetables, flowers, etc.

Declension[edit]

Declension of land 1
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative land landet länder länderna
genitive lands landets länders ländernas
Declension of land 2-3
uncountable uncountable
Neuter indefinite definite
nominative land landet
genitive lands landets
Inflection of land 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative land landet land landen
Genitive lands landets lands landens

Synonyms[edit]

  • (country): nation
  • (neither sea nor air): backe, landbacke, mark
  • (ground suitable for farming): mark (owned land in general, for farming or not)

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from land

References[edit]

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