Sand

See also: sand, sänd, and Sånd

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sant, from Old High German sant, from Proto-West Germanic *sand, *samd, from Proto-Germanic *sandaz, *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

The forms with -n- are due to early assimilation. The more original form with -m- is attested in Middle High German sambt, sampt, which survives in some Bavarian dialects and in Yiddish זאַמד (zamd). Further cognate with Dutch zand, Low German Sand, English sand, Danish sand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zant/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /sɑnt/ (Austria)

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Homophone: sannt

Noun

Sand m (strong, genitive Sandes or Sands, plural Sande or (less common) Sände)

1. sand (particles of rock)

Usage notes

• The plural mostly refers to different kinds of sand (Sortenplural), but it may also be used in literary style for great masses of sand (e.g. die Sande der Sahara).

Declension

Declension of Sand [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sand	die	Sande, Sände
genitive	eines	des	Sandes, Sands	der	Sande, Sände
dative	einem	dem	Sand, Sande1	den	Sanden, Sänden
accusative	einen	den	Sand	die	Sande, Sände

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• auf Sand bauen
• Feinsand
• in den Sand setzen
• Sand in die Augen streuen
• Sandbad
• Sandberg
• Sandboden
• Sandburg
• Sandgrube
• sandig
• Sandkasten
• Sandkatze
• Sandkuchen
• Sandküste
• Sandmalerei
• Sandmann
• Sandmännchen
• Sandsack
• Sandstein
• Sandstrand
• Sandsturm
• Sandufer
• Sanduhr
• Treibsand
• versanden

 

Further reading

• “Sand” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Sand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sand” in Duden online
• Sand on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German sant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sant/

Noun

Sand m (plural Sand or Send)

1. sand

Derived terms

• Sandfloh
• sandich

 

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German sant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

Sand m (uncountable)

1. sand

Derived terms

• sandeg
• Sandauer
• Sandbuerg
• Sandkëscht
• Sandpabeier

Further reading

• Sand in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire