Eiland

Betekenis

(literary,neuter,strong) a small island, typically isolated
(literary,neuter,strong) an island of any size; occasionally used to avoid repitition of Insel, otherwise poetic

Geslacht

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈaɪ̯lant/

Etymologie

From Middle High German eilant, einlant, from Middle Low German eilant (by which it was reinforced again during the 16th c.), from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Cognate with Dutch eiland, English island, Icelandic eyland.