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)

Concepts

country

land

state

earth

countryside

nation

ground

territory

field

area

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

region

soil

rural area

community

real estate

realm

city

🏙️

farmland

terra

terrain

terrestrial

town

🏙️

village

arable land

zone

county

whole country

district

place

province

valley

wilderness

world

🗺️

cultivated land

federal state

rural districts

ruling power

having one’s own way

descent from heaven

one’s origins

one’s upbringing

one’s past

rural cottage

sovereign state

country

land

country

allotment

land

Synonyms

Erde

Feld

Flur

Boden

Terrain

Acker

Staat

Grund

Erdboden

Nation

Gegend

Gebiet

Länder

Region

ländliches Gebiet

Provinz

Dorf

Bereich

Landschaft

Reich

Volk

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Festland

Territorium

Heimat

🏠

Nationalstaat

Bundesland

Landstrich

Vaterland

Stadt

🏙️

Zone

Hoheitsgebiet

Gelände

Gau

Gefilde

Bezirk

ländlich

Umgegend

Vorort

Weiler

Ackerboden

Arbeitsgebiet

ihre

Staatsgebiet

bebautes Land

ländlicher Bezirk

Kulturland

Elternhaus

County

ländliche Umgebung

flaches Land

Translations

land

país

pays

paese

país

terre

tierra

terra

terra

terra

terra

campagne

χώρα

campagna

Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

land

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

land

Fribourg

lann

Fribourg

lònd

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lant/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: lant

Inherited from Old High German: lant

Cognate with Dutch: -

Cognate with English: -

Cognate with Danish: land

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳

In summary

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).

Sentences

Ich dachte , das wäre ein freies Land .

I thought this was a free country.

Erstmals konnte ein Land seinen Sieg wiederholen .

For the first time, a country was able to repeat its victory.

Daraufhin verließen die Rebellen das Land mit den maurischen Truppen .

The rebels then left the country with the Moorish troops.

Das gilt für mein Land , wo ein Frachtschiff den Tod eines Fischers verursacht hat .

This applies to my country, where a cargo ship caused the death of a fisherman.

Wir dürfen nicht vergessen , dass Tadschikistan das ärmste Land der ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken ist .

We must not forget that Tajikistan is the poorest country in the former Soviet republics.

Niedersteinbach befindet sich im Westen von Sachsen an der Grenze zum thüringischen Altenburger Land .

Niedersteinbach is located in the west of Saxony on the border with the Thuringian Altenburger Land.