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Landung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • landfall noun The first sighting or arrival at land after a journey by sea or air.
  • landing noun The act of coming down onto a surface, especially of an aircraft.
  • touchdown noun In American football, a scoring play worth six points, made by getting the ball into the opponent's end zone.

Senses

Landung is used for these senses in English:

  • landfall An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
  • landing An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
  • touchdown (rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).

landing — full definition

  1. noun The act of coming down onto a surface, especially of an aircraft.
  2. noun The flat area at the top of a staircase or between two flights of stairs.
  3. noun A place on a shore or riverbank where boats load, unload, or dock.

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