Polyglot Dictionary

Land

/lant/

das noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural (countries)
die Länder
plural (rural areas, rare)
die Lande

Meaning

  1. country; also countryside, land

    • Welches Land besuchst du diesen Sommer?

      Which country are you visiting this summer?

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Staat

Staat (state) emphasises the formal political entity — its government and institutions. Land is the everyday word, and can also simply mean "countryside" with no political sense at all.

Similar in other languages

English

nation

Close — a country relates to a nation.

Portuguese

área

Close — an area relates to land, territory.

Portuguese

zona

Close — an area relates to land, territory.

Practice

1 What does Land mean?

2 Fill the gap: Welches ___ besuchst du diesen Sommer?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Land?

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