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See also: Land, länd, lǟnd, and -land
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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Germanic *landą
Proto-West Germanic *land
Old English land
Middle English lond
English land

    From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

    Cognates

    Cognate with Scots laund (“land”), Yola lhoan, lloan, loan, londe, lone (“land”), North Frisian loun, luin, lun, Lön, lönj, löön (“land”), Saterland Frisian Lound (“land”), West Frisian lân (“land”), Limburgish Land, landj, Laïnt (“land”), Dutch land (“land, country”), Luxembourgish and German Land (“land, country, state”), Vilamovian łaond (“land”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish land (“land, country, shore, territory”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old Irish lann (“heath”), Welsh llan (“enclosure”), Breton lann (“heath”), Old Church Slavonic лѧдо (lędo), from Proto-Slavic *lędo (“heath, wasteland”), French lande (“heath”) and Albanian lëndinë (“heath, grassland”).

    Noun

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    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 acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and 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. (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.
      Synonym: furlong
    10. (agriculture) Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
      Synonym: furlong
      Coordinate terms: headland, furlong
    11. (Ireland, colloquial) A shock or fright.
      He got an awful land when the police arrived.
    12. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
    13. On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
      • 1935, H. Courtney Bryson, The Gramophone Record, page 72:
        Now, assume that the recording is being done with 100 grooves per inch, and that the record groove is .006 inch wide. This means that the land on either side on any given groove in the absence of sound waves is .004 inch.
    14. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
      Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
    15. (obsolete) The ground or floor.
    16. (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.[1]
    17. 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, Lisa Steele, “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, “One Way to Get Off”, in Elementary, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller):
          The human eye is a precision instrument. It can detect grooves and lands on a slug more efficiently than any computer.
    18. (Scotland, historical) A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
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    Translations
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    See land/translations § Noun.

    Verb

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    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.
      Synonym: alight
      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 on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
      • 1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development‎[1], volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, →OCLC, page 303, column 1:
        Tatan and Erhtan are two small islands in the sea southwest of Kinmen. […] A contingent of some 30 Communist troops tried to land at Erhtan, but were disarmed by Government defenders.
    5. (transitive) To bring to land.
      It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
      Use the net to land the fish.
    6. (transitive, informal) To capture or arrest.
      • 1920 June, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 151, column 3:
        `He told me that he was certain that Coates shot at him. We threw out a drag and landed Coates within an hour.'
    7. (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
      She landed a job at the company.
      • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[2]:
        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.
      • 2024 May 1, “Network News: Danes plan fully automated trains”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 18:
        Siemens has landed a contract to upgrade signalling on the entire 170km (105-mile) S-Bane suburban network in Copenhagen to pave the way for fully automated trains.
      • 2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME‎[3], archived from the original on 22 April 2026:
        At 30, I landed my first real foothold: an assistant job at a major publishing house.
    8. (slang, transitive) To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score.
      Too ugly to ever land a chick.
    9. (transitive, of a blow) To deliver.
      If you land a knockout blow, you’ll win the match.
    10. (intransitive, of a punch) To connect (to arrive at an intended target).
      If the punches land, you might lose a few teeth!
      • 2025 August 22, Tom Nichols, “MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It”, in The Atlantic‎[4]:
        Vice President J. D. Vance has lashed out at [Gavin] Newsom, telling Fox that the Californian’s attacks aren’t landing, because his trolling “ignores the fundamental genius of President Trump’s political success, which is that he’s authentic”; […] .
    11. (intransitive, figurative) To go down well with an audience.
      Some of the comedian's jokes failed to land.
      • 2023 January 13, Anonymous ("Jackal Comment"), 11:08 from the start, in CORRECTIONS Episode 68: Week of Monday, January 9 (Late Night with Seth Meyers)‎[5], YouTube:
        We told an Amelia Earhart joke yesterday—did not go great with the audience. Someone wrote: "You can't be surprised when an Amelia Earhart joke doesn't land."
        [punning on literal sense 1]
    Derived terms
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    terms derived from the verb land
    Translations
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    See land/translations § Verb.

    Etymology 2

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    From Middle English *land, from Old English hland. More at lant.

    Noun

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    land (uncountable)

    1. lant; urine

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    1. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Land”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

    Afrikaans

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    Etymology

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

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    Noun

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    land (plural lande)

    1. country; nation

    Danish

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    Pronunciation

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    From Old Danish land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, cognate with English land, German Land.

    Noun

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    land n (singular definite landet, plural indefinite lande)

    1. country (a geographical area that is politically independent)
      Synonyms: stat, nation
    2. (uncountable, chiefly definite singular) country, countryside (rural areas outside the cities with agricultural production)
    3. land (part of Earth that is not covered in water)
    4. (as the last part of compounds) a large area or facility dedicated to a certain type of activity or merchandise
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    In compounds: land-, lande-, lands-.

    Declension
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    Declension of land
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative land landet lande landene
    genitive lands landets landes landenes
    Derived terms
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    Terms derived from land (“country, nation”)
    Terms derived from land (“countryside”)
    Terms derived from land (“(dry) land”)
    Terms derived from land (“amusement park”)

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    land

    1. imperative of lande

    Dutch

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    Etymology 1

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

      Noun

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      land n (plural landen, diminutive landje n)

      1. land, country, realm, territory
        • 1967, E. Rijpma & F. G. Schuringa, edited by Jan van Bakel, Nederlandse spraakkunst, 21st ed., p. 24, § 8 (also online at dbnl.org):
          In ons land werd door de Westgermaanse volksstammen het Nederduits (Nederfrankisch en Saksisch) en het Fries gesproken.
          Het Nederfrankisch wordt wel verdeeld in: (1) het Hollands-Frankisch (Hollands, Utrechts, Westveluws, Zeeuws, Westvlaams); (2) het Brabants-Frankisch (Westbetuws, Westbrabants, Antwerps, Kempens, Leuvens, Aalsters, Oostvlaams); (3) het Limburgs-Frankisch (Gelders-Limburgs, Limburgs, Oostbrabants).
          Het Saksisch (Gelders-Overijssels, Oostveluws, Drents, Gronings) wordt gesproken in het noordoosten van ons land, van Groningen tot de Oude Ijssel.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. land (part of Earth not covered by water)
      3. (Netherlands, Antilles) a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the territorial government of an overseas constituent country
        • 2022 December 6, Oscar van Dam, John Samson, “Gerechtshof: lhbt’s mogen trouwen op Aruba en Curaçao [Appellate court: LGBT people allowed to marry in Aruba and Curaçao]”, in Caribisch Netwerk‎[6], retrieved 14 December 2022:
          Het zijn twee verschillende uitspraken die vandaag door het gerechtshof achter elkaar zijn gedaan. Voor Aruba gaat het om het een zaak van Fundacion Orguyo Aruba en twee vrouwen tegen het Land Aruba. Voor Curaçao gaat het om een zaak van Human Rights Caribbean Foundation en twee vrouwen tegen het Land Curaçao.
          Today's rulings are two separate ones handed down by the appellate court back-to-back. For Aruba, it involves a case brought by Fundacion Orguyo Aruba and two women against the government of Aruba. For Curaçao, it involves a case brought by Human Rights Caribbean Foundation and two women against the government of Curaçao.
      4. (history, chiefly in compounds) the territorial government or state authority in a Dutch colony or overseas territory in the West Indies
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      • Afrikaans: land
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: alanda, landi
      • Negerhollands: land, lant, lan
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: land, lantta
      • → Sranan Tongo: lanti (see there for further descendants)
      • >? Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)

      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      land

      1. inflection of landen:
        1. first-person singular present indicative
        2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
        3. imperative

      Elfdalian

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      Etymology

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

      Noun

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      land n

      1. country; nation

      Declension

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      Declension of land
      neuter singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative land landeð land landę
      accusative land landeð land landę
      dative lande landę landum landum(e)
      genitive — — — —

      Faroese

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

      Noun

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      land n (genitive singular lands, plural lond)

      1. land
      2. coast
      3. country, nation
      4. ground, soil
      5. the state
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      Declension of land (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
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      Etymology 2

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

      Noun

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      land n (genitive singular lands, uncountable)

      1. (uncountable) urine
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      n8 singular
      indefinite definite
      nominative land landið
      accusative land landið
      dative landi landinum
      genitive lands landsins

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      land m (plural lands or länder)

      1. land (region of Germany or Austria)

      Gothic

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      Romanization

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      land

      1. romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳

      Icelandic

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      Etymology

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

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      Noun

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      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.

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      Declension of land (neuter)
      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

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      Livonian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Finnic *lanto.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈlɑnd/, [ˈlɑnˑd̥]

      Noun

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      land

      1. puddle
        Synonym: vȯjā

      Declension

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      Declension of land (94)
      singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
      nominative (nominatīv) land lāndõd
      genitive (genitīv) land lāndõd
      partitive (partitīv) landõ lāndidi
      dative (datīv) landõn lāndõdõn
      instrumental (instrumentāl) landkõks lāndõdõks
      illative (illatīv) landõ lāndiž
      inessive (inesīv) landsõ lāndis
      elative (elatīv) landstõ lāndist

      References

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      • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “land”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[7] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

      Middle English

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      Noun

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      land

      1. alternative form of lond

      Norwegian Bokmål

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

      Noun

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

      1. country
      2. land
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      Verb

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      land

      1. imperative of lande

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Etymology 1

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

      Noun

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      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.
      3. coast, dry land
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      Etymology 2

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      From Old Norse hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą.

      Noun

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

      1. urine from livestock

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      Old Danish

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      Etymology

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

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      land n (genitive lanz, plural land)

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

      Declension

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      Declension of land
      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.

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      Old English

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        From Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą. See there for more.

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        land n

        1. land (dry portion of the Earth's surface)
          • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
            An. DCCCCXLV Hēr Ēadmund cing oferhergode eall Cumbraland, ⁊ hit lēt eall tō Malculme Sċotta cinge on þæt ġerād þæt hē wǣre his midwyrhta æġþer ġe on sǣ ġe on lande.
            Year 945 In this year King Edmund overran all of Cumberland, and let it all to King Malcom of Scotland, on the condition that he would be his cooperator on both sea and land.
        2. a country
        3. region within a country: district, province
          • Wonders of the East
            Hī habbað miċle hēafda ⁊ ēaran swā fann. Ōþer ēare hī him on niht underbredað, ⁊ mid ōðran hȳ wrēoð him. Beoð þa ēaran swīðe lēohte ⁊ him beoð ān līchoman swā hwīte swā meolc. ⁊ ġif hī hwylcne mann on þām landum ġesēoð oþðe onġytað, þonne nimað hī heora ēaran on hand ⁊ feorriað hī ⁊ flēoð, swā hrǣdlīċe swā is wēn þætte hī flēogen.
            They have great heads and ears like fans. They spread one ear under themselves at night, and cover themselves in the other. The ears are very light and their bodies are as white as milk. And if they see or perceive anyone in those lands, they take their ears in their hands and go far and flee, so quickly one might think that they flew.
        4. the country, countryside
        5. owned or tilled land, an estate
        6. ground
          • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
            Þæt sǣd þe bufon ðām stǣniġum lande fēol sprytte hwæthwega, ac ðāðā sēo hǣte cōm, ðā forsċranc hit, forðan ðe hit næfde nǣnne wǣtan.
            The seed that fell upon the stony ground sprouted somewhat, but when the heat came, it withered, for it never had any moisture.

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        • Using the word land is the most common way to form country names. This can be done in one of two ways:
          • Prefixing the name of a people to the word land. Ex: Franca (“French person”) → Francland (“France”), Swēo (“Swede”) → Swēoland (“Sweden”), and *Unger (“a Hungarian”) → Ungerland (“Hungary”).
          • Prefacing land with the genitive plural form of a people, producing the literal meaning “land of ____ people.” Ex: Egypta land (“Egypt”, literally “land of the Egyptians”), Siġelhearwena land (“Ethiopia”, literally “land of the Ethiopians”).
        • However, country names can also be formed other ways. For instance, words other than land are used: Dene (“a Dane”) → Denemearc (“Denmark”, literally “Dane borderland”). It is also very common to use the name of a people for the country they inhabit: On þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum swā swā miċel ȳst cōme ofer ealne middanġeard (“In those days, Alexander was born in Greece [lit. in the Greeks] like a great storm coming over the whole world”), Ymb twā ġēar þæs þe hē cōm of Francum, hē ġefōr (”Two years after he came from France [lit. from the Franks], he died”). In addition, country names are sometimes loaned directly from Latin: Arabia, Isrāhēl, Italia, Syria. Finally, some country names are simply idiomatic: Norþweġ (“Norway”, literally “north way”).
        • Unlike most words, land undergoes i-umlaut when combined with the suffix -isċ: inlendisċ (“native”), uplendisċ (“rural”).

        Declension

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        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative land land
        accusative land land
        genitive landes landa
        dative lande landum

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        Derived national terms

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        Old Irish

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        Noun

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        land ?

        1. alternative spelling of lann

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        Mutation of land
        radical lenition nasalization
        land
        also lland in h-prothesis environments        		 land
        pronounced with /l-/        		 land
        also lland

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Old Norse

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        Etymology

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          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

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          land n (genitive lands, plural lǫnd)

          1. land

          Declension

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          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

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          Further reading

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          • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “land”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

          Old Saxon

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          Etymology

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          From Proto-West Germanic *land. 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”)).

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          land n

          1. land

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

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          References

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          Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[9] (in German), 5th edition

          Old Swedish

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          Etymology

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

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          land n

          1. land

          Declension

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          Declension of land (strong a-stem)
          neuter singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative land landit land landin
          accusative land landit land landin
          dative landi, lande landinu, landeno landum, landom landumin, landomen
          genitive lands landsins landa landanna

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          Polish

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          Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia pl

          Etymology

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          Borrowed from German Land, 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”). Doublet of ląd.

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          land m inan

          1. Land (federal state in Austria and Germany)
            Synonym: kraj związkowy
            Coordinate terms: stan, kraj (“krai”)
          2. (Poznań) countryside (rural area)
            Synonyms: prowincja, wieś

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          Declension of land
          singular plural
          nominative land landy
          genitive landu landów
          dative landowi landom
          accusative land landy
          instrumental landem landami
          locative landzie landach
          vocative landzie landy

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          • “land”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[10] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
          • “land”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[11] (in Polish)

          Romanian

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from German Land.

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          land n (plural landuri)

          1. land (German and Austrian province)

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          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative land landul landuri landurile
          genitive-dative land landului landuri landurilor
          vocative landule landurilor

          Spanish

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from German Land.

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          land m (plural lands)

          1. one of the federal states of Germany
            • 2020 January 29, “El coronavirus ya se transmite fuera de China y se teme por su afectación al Mobile”, in La Vanguardia‎[12]:
              Alemania confirmó ayer los cuatro primeros casos de coronavirus de Wuhan en su territorio, todos pertenecientes a la misma empresa de componentes de automóvil del land alemán de Baviera.
              Germany yesterday confirmed the first four cases of Wuhan coronavirus on its territory, all belonging to the same automotive component company from the German land of Bavaria.

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          Swedish

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          Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia sv

          Etymology

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

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          • IPA(key): /land/, [l̪an̪ːd̪], (colloquial) /lan/
          • Rhymes: -and

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          land n

          1. a country, a land (independent political entity)
            Sverige är ett land
            Sweden is a country
            länderna i EU
            the countries in the EU
            främmande länder
            foreign lands
            fjärran länder
            distant lands

          Declension

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          Declension of land
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite land lands
          definite landet landets
          plural indefinite länder länders
          definite länderna ländernas

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          land n

          1. (uncountable) land (as opposed to sea)
            Om man inte har lust att vara på en båt så kan man vara på land istället
            If you don't feel like being on a boat, you can be on land instead
            land och hav
            land and sea
            ha land i sikte
            have land in sight
            Land i sikte!
            Land ahoy!
          2. (usually in the definite) countryside, country
            Vi bor på landet
            We live in the countryside
            Vi är ute på landet
            We are out in the country
            livet på landet
            life in the countryside
            stad och land
            town and country
            laglöst land
            lawless land
            • 2007, Laser Inc, “Det var en gång en fågel [Once upon a time, there was a bird]”‎[13]:
              Det var en gång en liten fågel. Ja, en fågel. Han bodde på landet, och Roger hette han. Han ville gärna leka med sina vänner, med sina vänner, men det fick inte han. Men denna historia slutar sorgligt, för Roger blev skjuten, skjuten i magen av gamle jägar'n [jägaren] Pär. Han ville hem och äta, äta en fågel med lite potäter, men Roger hann iväg.
              Once upon a time, there was a little bird. Yes, a bird. He lived in the countryside, and Roger was his name. He wanted to play with his friends ["He wanted gladly to play with his friends," in the sense of, "He wanted, with keenness, to play with his friends" – the translation skips the gärna as it doesn't make much difference to the meaning], with his friends, but [that – to play with his friends] he didn't get to. But this story ends sadly, because Roger was shot, shot in the stomach by old hunter Pär ["den gamle jägaren Pär" matches "the old hunter Pär" – skipping "den" makes "jägaren Pär" sound lexicalized]. He wanted to go home and eat, eat a bird with some potatoes, but Roger got away [in time].

          Usage notes

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          See mark for some other senses of land.

          Declension

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          Declension of land
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite land lands
          definite landet landets
          plural indefinite — —
          definite — —

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          land n

          1. a smaller piece of land for small-scale cultivation; a patch, a garden plot, etc.
            ett jordgubbsland
            a strawberry patch
            ett potatisland
            a potato patch
            ett morotsland
            a carrot patch
            påta i landet
            potter in the garden plot

          Declension

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          Declension of land
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite land lands
          definite landet landets
          plural indefinite land lands
          definite landen landens

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          Zealandic

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          Etymology

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          From Middle Dutch lant.

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          land n (plural [please provide])

          1. land
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