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From Afrikaans, from English rand; compare English rand.

Rand (plural Rand)

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

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.

Rand

  1. A surname.
  2. 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). [1]
    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.

From rand (“beach”).

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

  1. a surname

From Middle High German rant, from Old High German rant, cognate with English rand.

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

Rand m (plural Renner)

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

From Old High German rant.

Rand m (plural Ränner)

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

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

Rand n (plural Ranner, diminutive Rëndchen)

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