Land

Proper noun

Land

1. A surname​.
   • 2012, Peter Moormann, Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance (page 82)

     After the success of Secret of Monkey Island (1990), composer Michael Land longed for a more flexible system to integrate his music into a game.

Alternative forms

• Landi

Etymology

Probably from lëndë (“matter, timber”), connected to lëndinë (“pasture, grassland”).

Proper noun

Land m

1. A male given name
2. heath or pasture dweller

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /lɒnd/

Noun

Land n (plural Länder)

1. land
2. country

Etymology

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Land n (genitive Landes or Lands, plural Länder or Lande, diminutive Ländchen n or Ländlein n)

1. a country.
2. a state which is part of a country.
3. land (real estate).
4. the land, the dry portion of the earth's surface.
5. the countryside.

Further reading

• Land in Duden online

Etymology

From Old High German lant, from Proto-Germanic *landą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑnt/

  Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

Land n (plural Länner)

1. (uncountable) land
2. country

Etymology

Compare German Land, Dutch land, English land.

Noun

Land n (plural Lenner)

1. land
2. country
3. soil, garden bed