lân

1. (neuter) land
2. (neuter) country

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɔːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: land

In summary

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

Sentences

Sina is it grutste lân yn Azië.

China is the largest country in Asia.

It lân is gund oan de heechste bieder.

The land is awarded to the highest bidder.

Sawat tachtich prosint fan it lân is bergen .

About eighty percent of the country is mountains.

Dit wetter dat hjir foar ús leit, hat lân west.

This water that lies here before us has been land.

Hjerstmis bûgden hja harren op it lân en dolden hja ierappels .

In autumn, they bent over the land and dug potatoes.

Hoe krije wy de hûnderttûzenen net-aktiven yn ús lân wer oan it wurk ?

How do we get the hundreds of thousands of non-active people in our country back to work?