Strand

See also: strand and štrand

English

Etymology

So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.

Pronunciation

• (UK, London) IPA^(key): /stɹænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Proper noun

Strand (countable and uncountable, plural Strands)

1. A surname.
2. (as "the Strand") A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.
3. An area surrounding the street in central London, Greater London, England.
4. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

Usage notes

• (street): Though many sources add “the”, official documentation from Westminster City Council calls the road simply “Strand”—not “the Strand”—as do the street name-plates and maps.

References

• Strand, London on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Strand, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Arndts, drants

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Strand (Het) in 1913. Calque of West Frisian It Strân, derived from strân (“beach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Strand
• Rhymes: -ɑnt
• Homophone: strand

Proper noun

Strand n

1. A hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strant, from Old High German *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō. Cognate with English strand (“shore; beach”). More at strand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁant/ (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ʃtrant/ (Austria)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Strand m (strong, genitive Strandes or Strands, plural Strände)

1. beach

Declension

Declension of Strand [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Strand	die	Strände
genitive	eines	des	Strandes, Strands	der	Strände
dative	einem	dem	Strand, Strande1	den	Stränden
accusative	einen	den	Strand	die	Strände

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Ufer

Derived terms

• Badestrand
• Meeresstrand
• Sandstrand
• Seestrand
• Steinstrand
• Strandbad
• Strandcafé
• Stranddistel
• Stranddüne
• Strandfloh
• Strandgut
• Strandhafer
• Strandhaubitze
• Strandhotel
• Strandkiefer
• Strandkorb
• Strandlinie
• Strandmuschel
• Strandpirat
• Strandpromenade
• Strandräuber
• Strandwächter
• Strandweg

 

Descendants

• → Hungarian: strand
• → Romanian: ștrand
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: штранд

  Latin script: štrand

See also

• Nordstrand

Further reading

• “Strand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Strand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Strand” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German strand, from Old High German strant, from Proto-Germanic *strandō. Cognate with German Strand, Dutch strand, English strand, Icelandic strönd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʀɑnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

Strand m (plural Stränn)

1. beach

Synonyms

• Plage

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Strand

1. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Strand

1. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō.

Noun

Strand m

1. beach, shore, strand

Swedish

Proper noun

Strand c (genitive Strands)

1. a surname