Landau
See also: landau
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editLandau (plural Landaus)
- A surname.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom the common West Germanic element *land (“land, territory”)[1] and *auwju (“floodplain”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLandau n (proper noun, genitive Landaus or (optionally with an article) Landau)
- Landau (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; official name: Landau in der Pfalz)
- A town in Dingolfing-Landau district, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria. Official name: Landau an der Isar
Derived terms
editProper noun
editLandau m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Landaus or (with an article) Landau, feminine genitive Landau, plural Landaus)
- a chiefly Jewish surname transferred from the place name
Related terms
edit- Landberg, Landesberg, Landsberg, Lanzberg
- Adenauer, Eisenhauer, Hanauer, Lindauer, Schongauer, Steinauer
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “landau”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editLandau m pers
- a male surname
Declension
editDeclension of Landau
Proper noun
editLandau f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
See also
editCategories:
- English terms derived from German
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- German terms derived from West Germanic languages
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate
- de:Towns in Germany
- de:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate
- de:Places in Germany
- de:Towns in Bavaria
- de:Places in Bavaria
- German masculine nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames
- German surnames from place names
- Polish terms derived from German
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/andaw
- Rhymes:Polish/andaw/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish surnames
- Polish male surnames
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish female surnames
- Polish surnames from German