landen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑn.də(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: lan‧den
- Rhymes: -ɑndən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch landen. Equivalent to land (“soil, ground, parcel”) + -en.
Verb
landen
- (intransitive) to (arrive on) land from the air (for birds, airplanes)
- Synonym: neerstrijken
- Antonym: opstijgen
- (transitive) to land, bring an aircraft or other vehicle (down) to land
- Antonym: opstijgen
- (intransitive) to (arrive on) land by ship [from Middle Dutch]
- (transitive) to land, bring a vessel near or on land
- (transitive) to turn wild land (especially marshes) into arable land
Conjugation
| 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. | ||||
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
landen
- plural of land
Finnish
Noun
landen
- genitive singular of lande
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German landen, derived from the cognate form of German Land (“land”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Replaced native länden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlandən/, [ˈlandŋ̩]
Audio: (file)
Verb
landen (weak, third-person singular present landet, past tense landete, past participle gelandet, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) to land [auxiliary sein]
- Das Flugzeug landet auf der Landebahn. ― The plane lands on the runway.
- (transitive, aviation, nautical) to land [auxiliary haben]
- Wir landen das Boot an diesem Strand. ― We're landing the boat on this beach.
- (intransitive) to end up (somewhere) [auxiliary sein]
- Nach vielen Missgeschicken bin ich hier gelandet. ― After a lot of misadventures I ended up here.
Conjugation
| infinitive | landen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | landend | ||||
| past participle | gelandet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich lande | wir landen | i | ich lande | wir landen |
| du landest | ihr landet | du landest | ihr landet | ||
| er landet | sie landen | er lande | sie landen | ||
| preterite | ich landete | wir landeten | ii | ich landete1 | wir landeten1 |
| du landetest | ihr landetet | du landetest1 | ihr landetet1 | ||
| er landete | sie landeten | er landete1 | sie landeten1 | ||
| imperative | land (du) lande (du) |
landet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Further reading
- “landen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “landen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “landen” in Duden online
- “landen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑndən/
Verb
landen (third-person singular present lant, past participle gelant, auxiliary verb sinn)
- (intransitive) to land
Conjugation
| 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
Verb
landen
- alternative form of londen
Swedish
Noun
landen
- definite plural of land