"Eiland" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪ̯lant/ Audio: De-Eiland.ogg , De-Eiland2.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German eilant, einlant, from Middle Low German eilant (by which it was reinforced again during the 16th c.), from Old Frisian eiland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą. Cognate with Dutch eiland, English island, Icelandic eyland. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|eilant}} Middle High German eilant, {{m|gmh|einlant}} einlant, {{der|de|gml|eilant}} Middle Low German eilant, {{der|de|ofs|eiland}} Old Frisian eiland, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*auwjuland}} Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, {{der|de|gem-pro|*awjōlandą}} Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą, {{cog|nl|eiland}} Dutch eiland, {{cog|en|island}} English island, {{cog|is|eyland}} Icelandic eyland Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Eiland n (strong, genitive Eilandes or Eilands, plural Eilande) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Eilandes [genitive], Eilands [genitive], Eilande [plural], strong [table-tags], Eiland [nominative, singular], Eilande [definite, nominative, plural], Eilandes [genitive, singular], Eilands [genitive, singular], Eilande [definite, genitive, plural], Eiland [dative, singular], Eilande [dative, singular], Eilanden [dative, definite, plural], Eiland [accusative, singular], Eilande [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (literary) a small island, typically isolated Tags: literary, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Eiland-de-noun-oAQ3lHyr
  2. (literary) an island of any size; occasionally used to avoid repitition of Insel, otherwise poetic Tags: literary, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Eiland-de-noun-lso76vsR Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of German entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Insel

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Eiland meaning in German (4.5kB)

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