Eiland

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch eiland and North German Eiland. Compare Eilander.

Proper noun

Eiland (plural Eilands)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Eiland is the 9929th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3250 individuals. Eiland is most common among White (52.68%) and Black/African American (39.84%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Leudal) See also Limburgish Eilandj. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
  • (Maasgouw) First attested as Eyland in 1803-1820. Derived from eiland (“island”). See also Limburgish Eilandj.
  • (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Het Eyland of Swart ven in 1780. Derived from eiland (“island”). The name originally referred to a peninsula of solid land surrounded by peat bogs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯.lɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ei‧land
  • Homophone: eiland

Proper noun

Eiland n

  1. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands
  2. A hamlet in Maasgouw, Limburg, Netherlands
  3. A hamlet in Woensdrecht, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German eilant, einlant, from Middle Low German eilant (by which it was reinforced again during the 16th c.), from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Cognate with Dutch eiland, English island, Icelandic eyland.

Pronunciation

Noun

Eiland n (strong, genitive Eilandes or Eilands, plural Eilande)

  1. (literary) a small island, typically isolated
    Er war so menschenscheu, dass er sein Leben am liebsten auf einem Eiland im Ozean verbracht hätte.
    He was so reclusive that he would have preferred to spend his life on some little island in the ocean.
  2. (literary) an island of any size; occasionally used to avoid repitition of Insel, otherwise poetic

Declension

Declension of Eiland
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Eiland die Eilande
genitive eines des Eilandes, Eilands der Eilande
dative einem dem Eiland, Eilande1 den Eilanden
accusative ein das Eiland die Eilande

1Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “Eiland” in Duden online
  • “Eiland” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Compare German Eiland, Dutch eiland, English island, Icelandic eyland.

Noun

Eiland f (plural Eilannen)

  1. island

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References

  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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