Land

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Geslag

Onsydig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lant/

Etimologie (Engels)

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”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

Sinne

Dazu bot er ihnen seinen Schutz und freies Land an .

In addition, he offered them his protection and free land.

Zehn Jahre später verkaufte er sein Land an seinen Sohn , Elias Hadley.

Ten years later he sold it to his son, Elias Hadley.

Wirtschaftlich geht es dem Land sehr gut .

Economically, the country is doing very well.

Das Land braucht ernsthafte Strukturreformen.

The country needs serious structural reforms.

Im übrigen Land gingen die Kampfhandlungen weiter .

In the rest of the country, fighting continued.

Doch als die Kontinente aufeinanderprallen , spaltet ein Erdbeben das Land .

But when the continents collide, an earthquake divides the country.