OprindelseFrom Old Danish lændhe, from Old Norse lenda (“to land”), Proto-Germanic *landijaną, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk lenda, Swedish landa (older lända), English land, German landen (older länden). Derived from the noun *landą (“land”). The verb has taken over the vowel from the noun in Danish.
- intransitiveto land (get down to the ground or into the water after a flight or a jump)
- intransitiveto land (come to land with a ship)
- figuratively, intransitiveto land, end up (in a new state or at a new place, often unwillingly)
- transitiveto land, bring down (an aircraft or a spaceship)
- transitiveto land (bring to land, e.g. fish)
- figuratively, transitiveto land (bring home, e.g. an agreement)
- form-of, indefinite, neuter, pluralindefinite plural of land
Formerlandede(past) · landet(participle, past) · lander(active, present) · landes(passive, present) · landede(active, past) · landedes(passive, past) · lande(active, infinitive) · landes(infinitive, passive) · land(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · landende(participle, present) · auxiliary verb have or være(participle, past) · landen(gerund, participle)