Land

Meaning

  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)

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

land

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

land

Fribourg

Fribourg

lann

Fribourg

Fribourg

lònd

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/lant/
Etymology

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).

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