landen
German, verb
landen is spelled L-A-N-D-E-N (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Landen is a German verb meaning “to land (to reach solid ground in an air, water or space vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Landen is a different word: “dative plural of Land”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Wasserfahrzeug ans Land gelangen”.
What does landen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to land (to reach solid ground in an air, water or space vessel)
Das Flugzeug landet auf der Landebahn.
- 2
to land (to make an air, water or space vessel reach solid ground)
Wir landen das Boot an diesem Strand.
- 3
to end up (somewhere)
Nach vielen Missgeschicken bin ich hier gelandet.
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Land
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Wasserfahrzeug ans Land gelangen 2. aus der Luft wieder auf die Erde gelangen (meist mit einem Flugzeug) 3. Menschen oder Material an Land bringen 4. an einen (nicht gewünschten oder unerwarteten) Ort gelangen
noun: 1. Erreichung der Erde aus der Luft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of landen
- landet present singular third-person
- landete past
- gelandet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- landend participle present
- lande first-person indicative present
- landest indicative present second-person
- landeten first-person indicative plural
- landetest indicative preterite second-person
- landetet indicative plural preterite
- land imperative second-person singular
- lande! imperative singular
- landet! imperative plural
- gelandet sein auxiliary auxiliary verb active
- zu landen auxiliary auxiliary verb active
- gelandet zu sein auxiliary auxiliary verb active
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to landen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is landen in German?
landen appears 21 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).