eiland
See also: Eiland
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch eiland, from Middle Dutch eilant, from Old Dutch *eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈəi̯.lant/
Audio: (file)
Noun
eiland (plural eilande, diminutive eilandjie)
Derived terms
- eilandnasie
- skiereiland
Dutch
Alternative forms
- eylant, eyland, eylandt, eijlandt, eilandt, eijlant, eijland (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch eilant, from Old Dutch *eilant, from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą, equivalent to ei (“island”) + land (“land”). The former part is from *awjō, the latter identical to modern Dutch land.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯.lɑnt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ei‧land
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
- Homophone: Eiland
Noun
eiland n (plural eilanden, diminutive eilandje n)
Derived terms
general
- booreiland
- eilandbewoner
- eilandengroep
- eilandenrijk
- eilander
- eilandnatie
- eilands
- eilandstaat
- eilandtheorie
- eilandvos
- getijdeneiland
- hoofdeiland
- kasteeleiland
- kloostereiland
- koraaleiland
- pirateneiland
- schateiland
- schiereiland
- speeleiland
- tempeleiland
- vogeleiland
- waddeneiland
- werkeiland
- wooneiland
proper nouns