landen
Translation
landed, ended up, arrived
Examples
Das Flugzeug landete sicher.
The plane landed safely.
Der Ball landete neben dem Tor.
The ball landed next to the goal.
Sie landete auf dem ersten Platz.
She ended up in first place.
Grammar Patterns
((on sth.)) landed on sth. The plane landed on the runway.
((in sth.)) ended up in sth. The letter landed in the wrong box.
Similar Words
kam an (arrived), setzte auf (touched down); Antonyms: hob ab (took off), startete (started)
Etymology
Simple past (Präteritum) of 'landen', related to 'Land' (land).
Memory Tips
This is the simple past tense of 'landen'. Note the '-te' ending, common for regular past tense verbs in German.