Definition
A territory with its own government and borders.
Translations
- English
- country
- Français
- pays
- Türkçe
- ülke
- Polski
- kraj
- Русский
- страна
- Українська
- країна
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Land
- A1
- Noun
- Countries & Cultures
- Personal Information
country
/das ˈlant/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Länder
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Countries & CulturesPrimaryPersonal Information
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Deutschland ist ein Land in Europa.NominativSing.Germany is a country in Europe.
- Das Land hat viele große Städte.NominativSing.The country has many large cities.
- Aus welchem Land kommst du?DativSing.Which country are you from?
- Die Hauptstadt des Landes ist sehr alt.GenitivSing.The capital of the country is very old.
- Viele Länder arbeiten zusammen.NominativPlur.Many countries work together.
- Ich möchte mehrere Länder besuchen.AkkusativPlur.I would like to visit several countries.
- Zwischen den Ländern gibt es eine Grenze.DativPlur.There is a border between the countries.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Land/lant/
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Article phrase
das Land/das ˈlant/
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Plural
Länder/ˈlɛndɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Land | die Länder |
| Akkusativ | das Land | die Länder |
| Dativ | dem Land | den Ländern |
| Genitiv | des Landes | der Länder |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionaus einem Land kommenaus + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionin einem Land lebenin + Dativ
- Adjective combinationeuropäisches Land
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedStaatsangehörigkeit — nationality
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word