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The German word for land is
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land

Gender

The gender of Land is neuter. E.g. das Land.

Plural

The plural of Land is Länder.

German Definition


land
     Substantiv:
     [1] Geologie, Planetologie: die nicht von Wasser überdeckte Erdoberfläche; das Land
          [1] „The first North American settlers migrated from Siberia by way of the Bering land bridge approximately 15,000 or more years ago.“
     Verb:
     [1] landen
          [1] „NASA's shuttle fleet -- Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour -- flew a total of 135 missions. Each one began at Kennedy's Launch Complex 39. Of those missions, 78 ended with a Kennedy landing; 54 concluded with a touchdown on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in California; and one landed at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.“



Translations for land and their definitions

Landpronunciation
     n. country (territory of a nation)
     n. state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
     n. land (real estate or landed property)
     n. land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
     n. country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)


landen
     v. to land (+aux, sein)
          Das Flugzeug landet auf der Landebahn. - The plane lands on the runway.
     v. to land (+aux, haben)
          Wir landen das Boot an diesem Strand. - We're landing the boat on this beach.
     v. to end up (somewhere) (+aux, sein)
          Nach vielen Missgeschicken bin ich hier gelandet. - After a lot of misadventures I ended up here.


Länder
     n. plural of Land (lands, countries)


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