strand

See also: Strand and štrand

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /stɹænd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /stɹænd/, [stɹɛənd]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand, Norwegian Bokmål strand.

Noun

strand (plural strands)

  1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
    Grand Strand
  2. (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  3. A small brook or rivulet.
  4. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
  5. A street (perhaps from similarity of shape)
Translations

Verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

  1. (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  3. (transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
    Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streen (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”).

Noun

strand (plural strands)

  1. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  2. A string.
  3. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
    strand of spaghetti
    strand of hair.
  4. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  5. (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
  6. (figuratively) A sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
    strand of truth
    • 2004, David Wray, Literacy: Major Themes in Education, Taylor & Francis →ISBN, page 78
      She responds to both questions in writing and checks her answer on the fact question. Her suspicions confirmed about the importance of the two names, Miranda vows to pay close attention to this strand of the story as she continues to read.
  7. (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:string
Derived terms
  • do the strand
Translations

Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of <substance>” that are different for each substance. The translations below refer to strands in general. You might find a more appropriate translation under the word for the substance itself.

Verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

  1. (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie)

  1. beach

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stran/, [sd̥ʁɑnˀ]

Noun

strand c (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande)

  1. beach
  2. shore, seashore
  3. seaside

Inflection

Derived terms

Verb

strand

  1. imperative of strande

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɑnt/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n)

  1. beach, strand

See also

Verb

strand

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stranden
  2. imperative of stranden

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Strand.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtrɒnd]

Noun

strand (plural strandok)

  1. beach
  2. open-air bath

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative strand strandok
accusative strandot strandokat
dative strandnak strandoknak
instrumental stranddal strandokkal
causal-final strandért strandokért
translative stranddá strandokká
terminative strandig strandokig
essive-formal strandként strandokként
essive-modal — —
inessive strandban strandokban
superessive strandon strandokon
adessive strandnál strandoknál
illative strandba strandokba
sublative strandra strandokra
allative strandhoz strandokhoz
elative strandból strandokból
delative strandról strandokról
ablative strandtól strandoktól
Possessive forms of strand
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. strandom strandjaim
2nd person sing. strandod strandjaid
3rd person sing. strandja strandjai
1st person plural strandunk strandjaink
2nd person plural strandotok strandjaitok
3rd person plural strandjuk strandjaik

Derived terms

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English strand.

Noun

strand (plural strandes)

  1. a beach or shoreline

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse strǫnd

Noun

strand f, m (definite singular stranda or stranden, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)

  1. a beach or shore
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

strand

  1. imperative of strande

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd

Noun

strand f (definite singular stranda, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)

  1. a beach or shore

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse strǫnd.

Noun

strand n

  1. beach

Old Saxon

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse strǫnd.

Noun

strand n

  1. beach

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Noun

strand c

  1. a beach (not necessarily sandy)

Declension

Declension of strand 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative strand stranden stränder stränderna
Genitive strands strandens stränders strändernas
  • badstrand
  • flodstrand
  • havsstrand
  • sandstrand
  • stranda
  • strandaster
  • strandbad
  • strandbank
  • strandbebyggelse
  • strandbrant
  • strandbrink
  • strandbryn
  • strandbrädd
  • stranddräkt
  • strandfynd
  • strandgrus
  • strandhavre
  • strandhotell
  • strandhugg
  • strandkant
  • strandklippa
  • strandkrabba
  • strandkrypa
  • strandkål
  • strandlag
  • strandlinje
  • strandliv
  • strandning
  • strandnära
  • strandområde
  • strandparti
  • strandpipare
  • strandpromenad
  • strandraggare
  • strandremsa
  • strandrev
  • strandråg
  • strandrätt
  • strandsjö
  • strandskata
  • strandskog
  • strandskydd
  • strandskyddad
  • strandsluttning
  • strandsnäcka
  • strandstat
  • strandsvall
  • strandsätta
  • strandsättning
  • strandtomt
  • strandvakt
  • strandvall
  • strandvrak
  • strandväg
  • strandväxt
  • strandzon
  • strandägare
  • strandäng
  • åstrand
  • älvstrand

References

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