FromAfrikaans rand , fromEnglish rand ; compareEnglish rand .
Rand (plural Rand )
Alternativeletter-case form ofrand (the currency of south Africa)the Rand
( South Africa ) TheWitwatersrand , a gold-mining geographic area also known as theReef in the province ofGauteng , South Africa, of which the principal city isJohannesburg .Rand
Asurname .Adiminutive of the malegiven names Randall orRandolph .2025 September 16, Jacob Sullum, “Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions”, inReason [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.
A number of places, other than in South Africa:Avillage andcivil parish inWest Lindsey district,Lincolnshire ,England ( OS grid ref TF1078) .[ 1] A smalltown inFederation council area, southernNew South Wales ,Australia . Anunincorporated community inJackson County ,Colorado ,United States . Anunincorporated community inKaufman County ,Texas ,United States . Acensus-designated place inKanawha County ,West Virginia ,United States . Fromrand ( “ beach ” ) .
Rand (genitive [please provide] ,partitive [please provide] )
asurname FromMiddle High German rant , fromOld High German rant , fromProto-Germanic *randō , which according to Duden is related to*hramō ( “ framework ” ) .[ 1] Pokorny prefers a derivation fromProto-Indo-European *h₁rem- ( “ to rest ” ) .[ 2] Cognate withEnglish rand .
Rand m (strong ,genitive Randes or Rands ,plural Ränder )
edge ,brink ,rim ( outer part of something ) ledge ,margin am Rande ―in themargin skin (layer ofsolid matter that forms on top of aliquid in avessel )In der Flasche hat sich einRand gebildet. Askin has formed in the bottle. Declension ofRand [masculine, strong ]
“Rand ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Rand ” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon “Rand ” inDuden online FromMiddle High German rant , fromOld High German rant , fromProto-Germanic *randō , which according to Duden is related to*hramō ( “ framework ” ) .[ 1] Pokorny prefers a derivation fromProto-Indo-European *h₁rem- ( “ to rest ” ) .[ 2]
Rand m (plural Renner )
edge ,brink ,rim ( outer part of something ) margin Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021 ), “Rand”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português , 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch FromMiddle High German rant , fromOld High German rant , fromProto-Germanic *randō , which according to Duden is related to*hramō ( “ framework ” ) .[ 1] Pokorny prefers a derivation fromProto-Indo-European *h₁rem- ( “ to rest ” ) .[ 2]
Rand m (plural Ränner )
edge ,border margin (e.g. of a page)FromMiddle High German rint , fromOld High German rind .
Rand n (plural Ranner ,diminutive Rëndchen )
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