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landen

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See also: Landen and länden

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑn.də(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lan‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɑndən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch landen. Equivalent to land (soil, ground, parcel) +‎ -en.

Verb

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landen

  1. (intransitive) to (arrive on) land from the air (for birds, airplanes)
    Synonym: neerstrijken
    Antonym: opstijgen
  2. (transitive) to land, bring an aircraft or other vehicle (down) to land
    Antonym: opstijgen
  3. (intransitive) to (arrive on) land by ship [from Middle Dutch]
  4. (transitive) to land, bring a vessel near or on land
  5. (transitive) to turn wild land (especially marshes) into arable land
Conjugation
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Conjugation of landen (weak)
infinitive landen
past singular landde
past participle geland
infinitive landen
gerund landen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular land landde
2nd person sing. (jij) landt, land2 landde
2nd person sing. (u) landt landde
2nd person sing. (gij) landt landde
3rd person singular landt landde
plural landen landden
subjunctive sing.1 lande landde
subjunctive plur.1 landen landden
imperative sing. land
imperative plur.1 landt
participles landend geland
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: land
  • Papiamentu: landa

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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landen

  1. plural of land

Finnish

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Noun

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landen

  1. genitive singular of lande

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German landen, derived from the cognate form of German Land (land), ultimatively from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (land, heath). Replaced native länden.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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landen (weak, third-person singular present landet, past tense landete, past participle gelandet, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive, aviation, nautical) to land [auxiliary sein]
    Das Flugzeug landet auf der Landebahn.The plane lands on the runway.
  2. (transitive, aviation, nautical) to land [auxiliary haben]
    Wir landen das Boot an diesem Strand.We're landing the boat on this beach.
  3. (intransitive) to end up (somewhere) [auxiliary sein]
    Nach vielen Missgeschicken bin ich hier gelandet.After a lot of misadventures I ended up here.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • landen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • landen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • landen” in Duden online
  • landen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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landen (third-person singular present lant, past participle gelant, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. (intransitive) to land

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive landen
participle gelant
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular landen
2nd singular lants lant
3rd singular lant
1st plural landen
2nd plural lant lant
3rd plural landen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Middle English

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Verb

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landen

  1. Alternative form of londen

Swedish

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Noun

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landen

  1. definite plural of land