lande

This is the 8878th most frequent German word.


lande

"Lande" is the dative singular form of "Land," meaning "land" or "country" in English.


Here 'lande' is the first-person singular present tense of 'landen,' meaning 'to land' as in to bring an aircraft down onto the ground.

Ich lande das Flugzeug sicher auf der Landebahn.

I safely land the airplane on the runway.


In this context, 'lande' is used metaphorically to mean 'arrive or end up at,' derived from 'landen' in the sense of reaching a destination.

Endlich lande ich bei einer Lösung für dieses Problem.

I finally arrive at a solution for this problem.


Here 'lande' conveys the idea of 'ending up' in a certain situation, indicating the result of an action leading to a state or condition.

Wenn ich das mache, lande ich wieder in Schwierigkeiten.

If I do that, I will end up in trouble again.