Insel — meaning in English

English meaning

• insular adjective Interested only in your own group or community and uninterested in ideas or people from outside it.
• island noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.

Senses

Insel is used for these senses in English:

• insular Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
• island (by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
• island An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

insular — full definition

1. adjective Interested only in your own group or community and uninterested in ideas or people from outside it.
2. adjective Of or relating to an island or islands.

island — full definition

1. noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
2. noun Something that is isolated or set apart, resembling an island figuratively.
3. verb To cut off or isolate, as if surrounding with water.

Related German words