# das Eiland

das Eiland is a German noun meaning “an island, usually a small and/or isolated one”. Forms: des Eilandes, die Eilande.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Eilandes
- Plural: die Eilande

## In other languages

- Русский: поэт. остров

## Meanings

1. _literary_ an island, usually a small and/or isolated one
   - Er war so menschenscheu, dass er sein Leben am liebsten auf einem Eiland im Ozean verbracht hätte. — He was so reclusive that he would have preferred to spend his life on some little island in the ocean.
2. _poetic_ island; isle; islet
   - Rottum ist nur ein Eiland.

## Examples

- Der Schatz ward auf einem Eiland vergraben. — The treasure was buried on an island.

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