Rand

See also: rand, RAND, and rând

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

Rand (plural Rand)

1. Alternative letter-case form of rand (the currency of south Africa)

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.

Derived terms

• Randite
• Randlord

Proper noun

Rand

1. A surname.
2. A diminutive of the male given names Randall or Randolph.
   • 2025 September 16, Jacob Sullum, “Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions”, in Reason‎^[1]:

     In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer could easily interpret them as approval of the latter.

3. A number of places, other than in South Africa:
   1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1078).
   2. A small town in Federation council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
   3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
   5. A census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Randian
• Randianism
• Randite
• Randroid

See also

• rant

Anagrams

• DNAR, DNRA, Nard, andr-, darn, nard, rDNA, rdna

Estonian

Etymology

From rand (“beach”).

Proper noun

Rand (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a surname

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rant, from Old High German rant, from Proto-Germanic *randō, which according to Duden is related to *hramō (“framework”). Pokorny prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest”). Cognate with English rand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁant/
• Rhymes: -ant

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Rand m (strong, genitive Randes or Rands, plural Ränder)

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

   am Rande ― in the margin

3. skin (layer of solid matter that forms on top of a liquid in a vessel)

   In der Flasche hat sich ein Rand gebildet.

   A skin has formed in the bottle.

Declension

Declension of Rand [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rand	die	Ränder
genitive	eines	des	Randes, Rands	der	Ränder
dative	einem	dem	Rand, Rande1	den	Rändern
accusative	einen	den	Rand	die	Ränder

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Ackerrand
• Dorfrand
• Feldrand
• Felsrand
• Fensterrand
• Hosenrand
• Kleberand
• Lupenrand
• Meeresrand
• Randbedingung
• Randgebiet
• Randlage
• Randstreifen
• Randverstärkung
• Randverzierung
• Stadtrand
• Stoffrand
• Teppichrand
• Tischrand
• Uferrand
• Waldrand

Descendants

• → Kashubian: rańt

See also

• Kante

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German rant, from Old High German rant, from Proto-Germanic *randō, which according to Duden is related to *hramō (“framework”). Pokorny prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rant/

Noun

Rand m (plural Renner)

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

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Rand”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀɑnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Etymology 1

From Middle High German rant, from Old High German rant, from Proto-Germanic *randō, which according to Duden is related to *hramō (“framework”). Pokorny prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest”).

Noun

Rand m (plural Ränner)

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

Synonyms

• (edge): Bord, Kant

Etymology 2

From Middle High German rint, from Old High German rind.

Noun

Rand n (plural Ranner, diminutive Rëndchen)

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