Sand
German, noun/zant/
Sand is a German masculine noun meaning “sand (particles of rock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lockergestein aus feinen, aber mit bloßem Auge noch gut sichtbaren Körnern”.
What does Sand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesand (particles of rock)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lockergestein aus feinen, aber mit bloßem Auge noch gut sichtbaren Körnern 2. kurz für Sandbank 3. aus einer Sandbank entstandene Flussinsel
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Sand
- Sandes genitive
- Sands genitive
- Sande plural
- Sände plural uncommon
- Sanden dative definite plural
- Sänden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sand?
- /zant/
- Austria /sɑnt/
- [zant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sand in German?
Sand appears 23 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).