English

Proper noun

the Rand

1. (South Africa) The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.

Proper noun

Rand

1. A surname​.

Derived terms

• Randian
• Randianism
• Randroid

See also

• rand
• rant

Anagrams

• darn
• nard
• rDNA

German

Etymology

From Old High German rant, cognate with English rand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Rand m ‎(genitive Randes or Rands, plural Ränder)

1. edge, brink, rim (outer part of something)
2. ledge, margin

   am Rande‎ ― in the margin

Declension

Derived terms

• Kleberand

See also

• Kante

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀɑnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Etymology 1

From Old High German rant.

Noun

Rand m ‎(plural Ränner)

1. edge, border
2. margin (e.g. of a page)

Synonyms

• (edge): Bord, Kant

Etymology 2

From Old High German rind.

Noun

Rand n ‎(plural Ranner, diminutive Rëndchen)

1. a bovine mammal, for example a cow or ox

English

Noun

rand ‎(plural rands)

1. (obsolete except in dialects) the border of an area of land, especially marsh-land
2. (obsolete except in dialects) a strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

3. (regional) A border, edge or rim.

   At the wald's rand.

4. a strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe
5. (basket-making) a single rod woven in and out of the stakes

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand ‎(“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand.

Noun

rand ‎(plural rands or rand)

1. a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on the rand

Etymology 3

See rant.

Verb

rand ‎(third-person singular simple present rands, present participle randing, simple past and past participle randed)

1. (obsolete) To rant; to storm.
   • J. Webster

     I wept, […] and raved, randed, and railed.

Anagrams

• darn
• nard
• rDNA

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Etymology

From Old Dutch *rant, from Proto-Germanic *randaz.

Noun

rand m ‎(plural randen, diminutive randje n)

1. edge, brink, rim

Estonian

Etymology

From either Proto-Balto-Slavic *kranta or Proto-Norse *stranđa. Compare German Strand ‎(“beach”) and Lithuanian krantas ‎(“beach, shore”).

Noun

rand ‎(genitive ranna, partitive randa)

1. beach

Declension

French

Noun

rand m ‎(plural rands)

1. rand (currency)

Maltese

Noun

rand m

1. bay (herb)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd

Noun

rand m, f ‎(definite singular randa or randen, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)

1. edge
2. brim (e.g. of a glass)

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans rand (named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district)

Noun

rand m ‎(definite singular randen, indefinite plural rand, definite plural randene)

1. a rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rǫnd

Noun

rand f ‎(definite singular randa, indefinite plural render, definite plural rendene)

1. edge
2. brim (e.g. of a glass)

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans rand (named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district)

Noun

rand m ‎(definite singular randen, indefinite plural rand, definite plural randane)

1. a rand (monetary unit of South Africa)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō, from Proto-Indo-European *rent- ‎(“cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rand m ‎(nominative plural randas)

1. edge, brink, margin
2. (poetic) boss (of a shield); shield

   He under rande gecranc: he sank under his shield. (Beowulf)

Descendants

• English: rand

Portuguese

Noun

rand m (plural rands)

1. rand (currency unit of South Africa)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

rand c

1. edge, border
2. stripe, streak

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Related to Estonian rand, Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand

1. coast, shore
2. beach
3. end, edge, boundary
4. land, country

Inflection

Derived terms

• randaline
• randatoi
• randišt
• kodirand
• kül'bendrand
• randird

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “берег, край, сторона”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

Related to Estonian rand, Finnish ranta.

Noun

rand ‎(genitive ranna, partitive randa)

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2. beach, shore

Inflection

Synonyms

• viiviir'

Derived terms

• Elevandiluurand