Meaning

13 senses
  1. (uncountable)Soil.

    This is good earth for growing potatoes.

    Erde, Land

    земля́zemljá, по́чваpóčva, грунтgrunt

    земля́zemljá, ґрунтgrunt

  2. (uncountable)Any general rock-based material.

    She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.

    Erde, Grund

    земля́zemljá

    земля́zemljá

  3. (countable, uncountable)The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

    Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.

    Grund, Erde, Land

    земля́zemljá, су́шаsúša

    земля́zemljá, су́шаsúša, суході́лsuxodíl

  4. (UK, countable, uncountable)A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.

    Erde

    заземле́ниеzazemlénije, земля́zemljá

    зазе́мленняzazémlennja

  5. (countable, uncountable)The lair or den (as a hole in the ground, or a system of tunnels) of an animal, such as a badger.

    Erdloch, Erdbau, Bau

    нора́norá

    нора́norá

  6. (countable, uncountable)A region of the planet; a land or country.

    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

  7. (countable, uncountable)Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.

  8. (countable, uncountable)The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).

    мирmir, светsvet

    світsvit

    the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife

  9. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)The people on the globe.

  10. (countable, uncountable)Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth): an exoplanet viewed as another earth, or a potential one.

    New space telescopes may accelerate the search for other earths that may be out there.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.

    Erde

    земля́zemljá, земля́zemljá

    земля́zemljá, земляzemljá

  12. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The human body.

Examples

2006 sentences
  1. What on earth are you doing?

    Що в біса ти робиш?

    ruЧто ты делаешь, чёрт возьми?

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  2. The earth is a beautiful planet.

    Земля - чудова планета.

    ruЗемля — красивая планета.

    deDie Erde ist ein schöner Planet.

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  3. Why on earth did you do that?

    З якого дива ти зробив це?

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  4. God created the heaven and the earth.

    Бог створив небеса і землю.

    ruБог сотворил небо и землю.

    deGott schuf Himmel und Erde.

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  5. Why on earth did Tom do that?

    З якого дива Том це зробив?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 6
soil:
the ground, land:
electrical connection:
fox's lair:
world of our current life, as opposed to afterlife:
one of the five basic elements:
Русский
By meaning 5
soil:
the ground, land:
electrical connection:
fox's lair:
world of our current life, as opposed to afterlife:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
soil:
any general rock-based material:
the ground, land:
fox's lair:

Origin

From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Pr

From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“dirt, ground, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”).

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Forms

plural: earths

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

138 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • what on earth
  • on earth is
  • on earth did
  • where on earth
  • why on earth
  • how on earth
  • man on earth
  • the earth is
  • of the earth's
  • the earth's surface
  • earth is flat
  • earth's surface

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
earth — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto