Landau

See also: landau

English

Etymology

From German Landau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlændaʊ/, /ˈlændɔː/

Proper noun

Landau (plural Landaus)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Landau-Kleffner syndrome
• Landau level
• Landau-Lifshitz pseudotensor
• Landau-Ramanujan constant
• Landau-Siegel zero

 

Anagrams

• Luanda

German

Etymology

From the common West Germanic element *land (“land, territory”) and *auwju (“floodplain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlandaʊ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Lan‧dau

Proper noun

Landau n (proper noun, genitive Landaus or (optionally with an article) Landau)

1. Landau (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; official name: Landau in der Pfalz)
2. A town in Dingolfing-Landau district, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria. Official name: Landau an der Isar

Derived terms

• Landauer
  • Landauerin

Proper noun

Landau m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Landaus or (with an article) Landau, feminine genitive Landau, plural Landaus)

1. a chiefly Jewish surname transferred from the place name

Related terms

• Landberg, Landesberg, Landsberg, Lanzberg
• Adenauer, Eisenhauer, Hanauer, Lindauer, Schongauer, Steinauer

Polish

Etymology

From German Landau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlan.daw/
• Rhymes: -andaw
• Syllabification: Lan‧dau

Proper noun

Landau m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Landau

	singular	plural
nominative	Landau	Landauowie
genitive	Landaua	Landauów
dative	Landauowi	Landauom
accusative	Landaua	Landauów
instrumental	Landauem	Landauami
locative	Landau	Landauach
vocative	Landau	Landauowie

Proper noun

Landau f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames