verb
to land
B1
Landen: primarily 'to land' (an aircraft) and 'to arrive' (informal). It is an intransitive, regular weak verb that forms the perfect with sein: ist gelandet. Not reflexive or separable. Use contexts like 'auf dem Flughafen landen' or 'in Berlin landen' to indicate arrival.
Examples
Das Schiff landete im Hafen.
The ship landed in the harbor.
Das Flugzeug wird in zehn Minuten landen.
The plane will land in ten minutes.
Das Flugzeug landet.
The airplane is landing.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a plane touching down on a runway and the wheels hitting the ground: that action is 'landen'.
Sounds like 'land' in English — think of touching down on land.
Notes
The verb 'landen' is typically intransitive for aircraft and other vehicles and often forms perfect tenses with the auxiliary 'sein' (ist gelandet). It can also be used transitively in special contexts (jemanden irgendwo landen lassen is colloquial). Personal passive forms are uncommon for the usual intransitive sense; passive uses are rare/colloquial and typically only occur in transitive contexts. | Intransitive verb (typical uses); personal passive forms are generally not applicable because the verb is intransitive in its common senses.