strand

See also Strand

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /stɹænd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

Old English strand. Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Swedish strand.

Noun

strand (plural strands)

1. (now poetic or archaic) The flat area of land bordering a body of water; a beach or shore.

Translations

beach

Catalan: platja (ca) f. Czech: pláž (cs) f. Danish: strand (da) c. Esperanto: strando (eo) Estonian: rand (et) Finnish: ranta (fi) French: grève (fr) f. German: Strand (de) m. Hungarian: strand (hu)

Icelandic: strönd (is) f. Italian: spiaggia (it) f., battigia (it) f., bagnasciuga (it) m. Latvian: pludmale (lv) f. Norwegian: strand (no) m. Polish: plaża (pl) f. Português: praia (pt) f. Romanian: plajă (ro) f. Russian: берег (ru) (béreg) m. Spanish: playa (es) f. Swedish: strand (sv) c.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) (regarding a vessel): To run aground.
2. (transitive) 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

• (leave someone in a difficult situation): abandon, desert

Translations

run aground

Bosnian: nasukati (bs) French: échouer (fr) Italian: incagliarsi (it), spiaggiare (it)

Português: encalhar (pt) Spanish: varar (es)

leave someone in a difficult situation

Finnish: jättää heitteille, hylätä French: abandonner (fr) Italian: abbandonare (it)

Português: abandonar (pt) Spanish: abandonar (es)

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

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.
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   strand of truth

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus: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.

short string

Finnish: säie (fi), jänne (fi) German: Strang (de) m. Ido: torono (io) Italian: filo (it) m., filamento (it) m.

Russian: жила (ru) f. (žíla) Spanish: hebra (es) f. Telugu: పోగు (pOgu)

strand of hair

German: Strähne (de) f. Portuguese: madeixa (pt) f.

Russian: прядь (ru) f. (prjád’) Spanish: pequeño mechón m., pelo (es) m.

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Afrikaans

Noun

strand

1. beach

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stran/, [sd̥ʁɑnˀ]

Noun

strand c. (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande)

1. beach
2. shore, seashore
3. seaside

Derived terms

Terms derived from "strand"

forstrand c. fribadestrand c. sandstrand c. strandarve c. strandasters c. strandbo c. strandbred c. strande

strandfodring c. strandhugst c. stranding c. strandkant c. strandkål c. strandløber c. strandløg c. strandløve c.

strandpiber c. strandret c. strandskade c. strandsnegl c. strandsvin n. strandvasker c. strandvolley c.

Inflection

    Inflection of strand

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	strand	stranden	strande	strandene
genitive	strands	strandens	strandes	strandenes

Verb

strand

1. imperative of strande

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /strɑnt/

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Noun

strand n. (plural stranden, diminutive strandje)

1. beach

See also

• zandstrand

Verb

strand

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

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃtrɒnd/

Noun

strand (plural strandok)

1. beach
2. open-air bath

Derived terms

• strandpapucs

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• stround

Etymology

From Old English strand.

Noun

strand (plural strandes)

1. a beach or shoreline

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Norwegian

Noun

strand m and f (definite singular stranda/stranden; indefinite plural strender; definite plural strendene)

1. beach

Synonyms

• sandstrand

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Old English

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse strönd.

Noun

strand n.

1. beach

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

strand c.

1. beach (not necessarily sandy)

Declension

Declension of strand

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strand	stranden	stränder	stränderna
genitive	strands	strandens	stränders	strändernas

See also

• sandstrand