land

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) land, country, realm, territory
2. (neuter) land (part of Earth not covered by water)
3. (Antilles, Netherlands, neuter) a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the territorial government of an overseas constituent country
4. (in-compounds, neuter) the territorial government or state authority in a Dutch colony or overseas territory in the West Indies

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of landen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of landen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of landen:

landen

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Concepts

land

country

field

nation

earth

state

region

area

soil

territory

district

ground

farmland

acre

locus

moor

people

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periphery

plain

precinct

province

provinces

republic

rock bottom

rock-bottom

surface

terrene

zone

geography

sovereign state

ambit

arable land

battlefield

battleground

bedrock

cultivated field

dominion

expanse

glebe

home

🏠

homeland

landlocked

locality

Synonyms

staat

grond

natie

veld

aarde

akker

gebied

landstreek

bodem

provincie

aardrijk

territorium

grondgebied

regio

rijk

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terrein

gewest

landbouwgrond

akkerland

aardoppervlak

binnen

bouwland

district

door

gemenebest

kanton

koninkrijk

kwartier

omgeven

omgeving

oppervlak

perceel

streek

vaderland

vlakte

volk

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landerij

laagvlakte

Translations

Land

pays

país

país

paese

χώρα

terra

terre

Staat

terra

país

αγρός

terra

tierra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɑnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lant

Inherited from Old Dutch: lant

In summary

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

Sentences

De koning van dit land heeft drie kinderen .

The king of this country has three children.

Het is verschrikkelijk wat er op dit moment in dit land gebeurt .

What is currently happening here is appalling.

Dat land heeft dus een zware last op zich genomen .

This country has, therefore, taken on very heavy burdens.

De machtige heerser leidde al tien jaar het land .

The powerful ruler has led the country for ten years.

De oorlog in het land was verwoestend voor de bevolking .

The war in the country was devastating for the population.

Ik houd mijn land hiervoor medeverantwoordelijk.

On this, I accept my country’s responsibility.