strand

head

strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie)

From Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.


strand

strand c (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande)

stranden (definite singular)
strande (indefinite plural)
strand (indefinite nominative singular)
stranden (definite nominative singular)
strande (indefinite nominative plural)
strandene (definite nominative plural)
strands (genitive indefinite singular)
strandens (definite genitive singular)
strandes (genitive indefinite plural)
strandenes (definite genitive plural)


strand

nl-noun

strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n)

stranden (plural)
strandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: strand


strand

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


strand

Grand Strand

A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought / A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet: / To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure.

1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: […] A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1814, →OCLC:

They rowed about a League; and then ſet me down on a Strand.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Sets out as Captain of a Ship. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 159:

(poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.

(British dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.

* From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *strand, 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 strân, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand, Norwegian Bokmål strand, Icelandic strönd.
* (street): Perhaps from the similarity of shape.


strand

(transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.

(transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.

Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

(transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.

We first note that wh-movement can freely strand prepositions in Icelandic, as in the other Scandinavian languages.

1985, Joan Maling, Annie Zaenen, “Preposition-Stranding and Passive”, in Nordic Journal of Linguistics, volume 8, number 2, →DOI, page 199:

In her dissertation, Goldberg (2005) offers a review of diagnostics used to identify verb-stranding VPE to that point, including tests which link the characteristics of English-style VPE (which strands an auxiliary verb) to verb-stranding VPE in languages like Hebrew and Irish.

2021, Emily Manetta, “Verb-second and the verb-stranding verb phrase ellipsis debate”, in Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, volume 6, number 1, →DOI, page 6:

(transitive, grammar) To leave an element (e.g., an adposition) without its complement adjacent to it.

en-verb

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

strands (present singular third-person)
stranding (participle present)
stranded (participle past)
stranded (past)

braktis

to leave someone in a difficult situation

懸空 /悬空

(grammar) to leave an element without its object


strand

Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.

strand of spaghetti

strand of hair

An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.

By 1985, the children's strand had been renamed Children's BBC (CBBC by the mid-1990s), which continued to show animation among other programming in a dedicated time slot.

2020, Nichola Dobson, Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons, page 45:

(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.

strand of truth

The explanation draws equally from other contemporary strands of political and social theory.

2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order:

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.

2004, David Wray, Literacy: Major Themes in Education, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 78:

The concept of a combined authority headed by an elected Mayor is a key strand in current transport development, and is driving a new generation of projects such as bringing rail connectivity to Portishead and stations served by the Mid-Cornwall Metro.

2024 August 21, 'Industry Insider', “The value of rail reopenings”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 68:

(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.

(formal) A specialization of a senior high school track.

(Philippines, education)
(informal) Synonym of track.

нищка

each of strings that make up yarn, rope or cord

пасма

individual length of string-like substance

johdin

electronics: group of wires, usually twisted or braided

sarja

broadcasting:series of programmes on a particular theme

juonne

figuratively: element in a composite whole; sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread

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-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streng (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”). Compare also Old High German stranga (“strand of hair”), modern German Strang (“strand, thread, cord”).


strand

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

(transitive) To form by uniting strands.


strand

beach (a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning)

pool, swimming pool (an urban open-air facility with lawns, trees and several artificially constructed pools, used for summertime leisure)

strandok (plural)
strand (nominative singular)
strandok (nominative plural)
strandot (accusative singular)
strandokat (accusative plural)
strandnak (dative singular)
strandoknak (dative plural)
stranddal (instrumental singular)
strandokkal (instrumental plural)
strandért (causal-final singular)
strandokért (causal-final plural)
stranddá (singular translative)
strandokká (plural translative)
strandig (singular terminative)
strandokig (plural terminative)
strandként (essive-formal singular)
strandokként (essive-formal plural)
strandban (inessive singular)
strandokban (inessive plural)
strandon (singular superessive)
strandokon (plural superessive)
strandnál (adessive singular)
strandoknál (adessive plural)
strandba (illative singular)
strandokba (illative plural)
strandra (singular sublative)
strandokra (plural sublative)
strandhoz (allative singular)
strandokhoz (allative plural)
strandból (elative singular)
strandokból (elative plural)
strandról (delative singular)
strandokról (delative plural)
strandtól (ablative singular)
strandoktól (ablative plural)
strandé (singular)
strandoké (plural)
strandéi (singular)
strandokéi (plural)
strandom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
strandjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
strandod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
strandjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
strandja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
strandjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
strandunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
strandjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
strandotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
strandjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
strandjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
strandjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


strand

is-noun

strand n (genitive singular strands, nominative plural strönd)

strands (genitive singular)
strönd (nominative plural)
strand (indefinite nominative singular)
strandið (definite nominative singular)
strönd (indefinite nominative plural)
ströndin (definite nominative plural)
strand (accusative indefinite singular)
strandið (accusative definite singular)
strönd (accusative indefinite plural)
ströndin (accusative definite plural)
strandi (dative indefinite singular)
strandinu (dative definite singular)
ströndum (dative indefinite plural)
ströndunum (dative definite plural)
strands (genitive indefinite singular)
strandsins (definite genitive singular)
stranda (genitive indefinite plural)
strandanna (definite genitive plural)

Deverbal from stranda (“to run aground”).


strand

strandes (plural)
strande (alternative)
stround (alternative)
stronde (alternative)
strond (alternative)

English: strand

Scots: strand

desc

Yola: sthroane, sthroan, sthrone, stronde

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


strand

stranda (definite singular)
stranden (definite singular)
strender (indefinite plural)
strendene (definite plural)


strand

stranda (definite singular)
strender (indefinite plural)
strendene (definite plural)
strand (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
stranda (accusative definite nominative singular)
strender (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
strendene (accusative definite nominative plural)
strand (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
strandi (accusative definite nominative singular)
strender (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
strenderna (accusative definite nominative plural)
strandenne (dative definite singular)
strandom (dative definite plural)
strondom (dative definite plural)

strand

¹Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.

nn-decl-blank-full

strand

From Old Norse strǫnd. Akin to English strand.


strand

c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 4

Certainly at early morning the Healer (Jesus) stood at the shore; Though the disciples did not recognise that it was the Healer (Jesus).

Witodlīce on ǣrne merġen sē Hǣlend stōd on þām strande; ne ġecnēowon þēah ðā leorningcnihtas þæt hit sē Hǣlend wæs.

strand (nominative singular)
strand (nominative plural)
strand (accusative singular)
strand (accusative plural)
strandes (genitive singular)
stranda (genitive plural)
strande (dative singular)
strandum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: strand, strande, stround, stronde, strond
English: strand
Scots: strand
Yola: sthroane, sthroan, sthrone, stronde

→ Old French: estrande, estran


strand

Middle Low German: strant m or n

German Low German: Strand m

Plautdietsch: Straunt

From Proto-West Germanic *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge; shore”).


strand

ligga och sola på stranden

Gläns över sjö och strand, stjärna ur fjärran. Du som i Österland tändes av Herran.

1891, “Betlehems stjärna (Gläns över sjö och strand) [Star of Betlehem (Shine over sea [most likely in this context, though unusual – see sjö (“lake; sea”)] and shore [Maybe to be understood as "land and sea/water"])]”, Viktor Rydberg (lyrics), Alice Tegnér (music):

Shine over sea and shore, star from [out of] afar. You who in the East ["East-land" – the Orient] were lit by the Lord.

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

From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-.