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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lande , londe ( dative form ) , from Old English lande , dative singular of Old English land ( “ land ” ) .
Noun
lande (countable and uncountable , plural landes )
Obsolete form of land .
Etymology 2
From Middle English lande , launde , from Old French lande ( “ clearing in a wood, leigh; remote wooded area ” ) . Doublet of lawn and land .
Noun
lande (plural landes )
An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Noun
lande
plural of land
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Danish lændhe , from Old Norse lenda ( “ to land ” ) , Proto-Germanic *landijaną , cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lenda , Swedish landa (older lända ), English land , German landen (older länden ). Derived from the noun *landą ( “ land ” ) . The verb has taken over the vowel from the noun in Danish.
Verb
lande (past tense landede , past participle landet )
( intransitive ) to land ( get down to the ground or into the water after a flight or a jump )
( intransitive ) to land ( come to land with a ship )
( intransitive , figuratively ) to land , end up ( in a new state or at a new place, often unwillingly )
( transitive ) to land , bring down ( an aircraft or a spaceship )
( transitive ) to land ( bring to land, e.g. fish )
( transitive , figuratively ) to land ( bring home, e.g. an agreement )
Conjugation
Further reading
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lande n
indefinite plural of land
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈlɑn.də/
Hyphenation: lan‧de
Etymology 1
Verb
lande
( dated or formal ) singular present subjunctive of landen
Etymology 2
Noun
lande
( archaic ) dative singular of land
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish landet .
Pronunciation
Noun
lande ( colloquial )
countryside
Synonyms: maa , maaseutu , bönde ( colloquial )
1973 , Rauli Somerjoki , Arja Tiainen (lyrics and music), “Paratiisi ”:Sinä sanoit: Menkäämme, / maalle, meidän landelle / Mietin: nyt juttu tää onnistuu You said: Let's go / to the country, to our land / I was thinking: now this thing will be all right
countryman ( rural dweller )
Synonyms: maalainen , bönde ( colloquial )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French lande , from Old French lande ( “ woodland ” ) , from Transalpine Gaulish *landa (compare Irish lann , Welsh llan ( “ enclosure ” ) ).
Pronunciation
Noun
lande f (plural landes )
moor , heath
Derived terms
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Verb
lande
inflection of landen :
first-person singular present
singular imperative
first / third-person singular subjunctive I
Anagrams
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Verb
lande
to land
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
lande f
plural of landa
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English land .
Noun
lande
Alternative form of lond
Etymology 2
From lond ( noun ) .
Verb
lande
Alternative form of londen
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French lande .
Noun
lande f (plural landes )
woodland
References
Godefroy, Frédéric , Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX e au XV e siècle (1881) (lande )
Norman
Etymology
From Transalpine Gaulish *landa .
Noun
lande f (plural landes )
( Jersey , geography ) moor , heath
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun land .
Pronunciation
Verb
lande (present tense lander , past tense landa or landet , past participle landa or landet )
( intransitive ) to land , to arrive at a surface, either from air or water
Når lander vi? ― When are we landing ?
( by extension ) to end up somewhere
( transitive ) to land , bring to land
Vi landet flyet ― We landed the plane
( by extension ) to get
Landa du jobben? ― Did you get the job?
Synonyms: skaffe , få tak i
( of an animal ) to urinate , pee
Derived terms
References
“lande” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“lande” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the noun land .
Pronunciation
Verb
lande (present tense landar , past tense landa , past participle landa , passive infinitive landast , present participle landande , imperative lande /land )
( intransitive ) to land , to arrive at a surface, either from air or water
Det landar eit fly her kvar time ― A plane lands here every hour
( by extension ) to end up somewhere
( transitive ) to land , bring to land
Land helikopteret før du havnar i dødslysingane!Land the helicopter before you end up in the obituaries!
( by extension ) to get
Vi landa kontrakten! ― We got the contract!
Synonyms: skaffe , få tak i
( of an animal ) to urinate , pee
Alternative forms
Derived terms
References
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą ( “ land ” ) or Proto-Celtic *landā , both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ( “ land, heath ” ) . Compare Occitan landa and Spanish landa , either from Old French or from a common intermediate source, i.e. Vulgar Latin *landa .
Noun
lande oblique singular , f (oblique plural landes , nominative singular lande , nominative plural landes )
woodland
Descendants
→ Middle English: launde
French: lande ( “ sandymoor, heath ” )
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin glāndem , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- ( “ acorn ” ) . Doublet of glande .
Noun
lande f (plural landes )
( Portugal ) a cork oak acorn
Etymology 2
Noun
lande f (plural landes )
Alternative form of landa
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
lande f
inflection of landă :
indefinite plural
indefinite genitive / dative singular
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin glāndem , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- ( “ acorn ” ) . Doublet of glande .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈlande/
Rhymes: -ande
Syllabification: lan‧de
Noun
lande f (plural landes )
( obsolete ) acorn (fruit of the oak tree)
Further reading