Land gewinnen

to gain land

Türkçe: toprak kazanmak

Noun

Land n.

Verb

gewinnen

Topic

Reise und Verkehr

In a sentence

Durch die Trockenlegung des Sumpfes gewann die Gemeinde neues Land.

How it is used

Means 'to gain land' – acquiring territory through reclamation or conquest. Formal/historical register. Use in a geography lesson about the Netherlands reclaiming land from the sea. Nuance: often implies expansion.

Other verbs that go with Land

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Land erwerbento acquire land
• an Land bringento bring something ashore
• an Land gehento go ashore
• das Land bestellento cultivate the land
• an Land ziehento pull something ashore

All collocations with Land

Other collocations built on gewinnen

• Akzeptanz gewinnento win acceptance
• Abstand gewinnen von+Dat.to gain perspective/distance from something
• an Bedeutung gewinnento gain in significance
• an Boden gewinnento gain ground or make progress
• Einfluss gewinnento acquire power or sway over people/decisions
• an Dynamik gewinnento gain momentum or become more dynamic
• einen Einblick gewinnento gain an insight through experience or study
• einen Eindruck gewinnen von+Dat.to gain an impression