Masculine

Rand

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) edge, brink, rim (outer part of something)
  2. (masculine, strong) ledge, margin
  3. (masculine, strong) skin (layer of solid matter that forms on top of a liquid in a vessel)

Concepts

edge
rim
border
margin
boundary
verge
shore
bank
🏦
limit
brink
fringe
end
🔚
brim
side
frontier
corner
angle
seam
hem

inside corner

coast
selvage
limb
outline
point
tip
rand
littoral
marginal
peripheral
range
relations
relative
ridge
ring
💍
scope
seaboard
seacoast
seashore
seaside
section
sphere
spigot
square
suburban
tap
terrace
top
🔝
vein

rim collar

Synonyms

Kante
C2
Saum
32k
Grat
27k
Grenze
B1
Ufer
C1
Begrenzung
40k
Seite
A1
Ecke
B1
Strand
B1
🏖️
Abgrenzung
Rahmen
C1
Ende
A1
🔚
Winkel
C1
Krempe
Einfassung
Schneide
C1
Küste
B2
Tülle
Wulst
Umriss

Seitenrand

Bord
B1
Platz
A2
Spitze
B2

Umrandung

Landesgrenze
Gefüge
Gestade
🏦

Peripherie

Flanke
C2
Flügel
B2
🪽
Sphäre
23k
Stufe
B2

Stützbalken

Terrasse
C1

Trennungslinie

Umfang
C2
Umzäunung
Weite
C1
Wetter
B2
wild
B1
Zaun
B2

Weißraum

Salband

Webkante

Wirkungskreis

Umgrenzung

unausgefüllter Raum

Pilgerstab

bördeln
Translations

bord
borde
orlo
rand
borda
bordo
margen
orilla
margine
kant
margem
🏦
kenar
boord
frontière
Frequency

B2
Dialects

Lucerne

Lucerne

rand

Zürich

Zürich

rand

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁant/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
Inherited from Old High German
rant
Cognate with English
English
rand
In summary

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.

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