Swedish noun· top 1,000 most common

ett land

land, country, plot, [garden] patch/land/

Meaning

land; country; plot; [garden] patch

In Swedish: fastland

Forms

Forms of land
Singular, indefiniteett land
Singular, definitelandet
Plural, indefiniteländer
Plural, definiteländerna

land is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort land, det stora landet. Check another noun

Practise land

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Is it en land or ett land?

land in a sentence

  • Land i sikte!
    Land ahoy!
  • bo på landet
    live in the country
  • främmande länder
    foreign countries
  • över hela landet
    throughout the country
  • Sverige är ett land
    Sweden is a country
  • länderna i EU
    the countries in the EU
  • fjärran länder
    distant lands
  • Om man inte har lust att vara på en båt så kan man vara på land istället
    If you don't feel like being on a boat, you can be on land instead

Expressions

  • gå i land med ("klara av") en uppgift
    manage ("cope with") a task
  • åka till landet
    go to the country

Words built with land

  • grannland neighbouring country
  • grönsaksland vegetable garden

Questions

What does land mean in English?

land means “land, country”.

Is it en land or ett land?

It is ett land, and “the land” is landet.

What is the plural of land?

The plural of land is länder, and the definite plural is länderna.

Similar words

markrike

Origin

From Old Swedish land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).

Nearby common words

land is number 542 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary