zander
/ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/noun
zander is spelled Z-A-N-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Zander, the name). As a noun, zander means “A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zander is zanders.
How many letters and syllables are in zander?
| Letters | 6: Z-A-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is zander?
Zander appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Zander, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce zander?
- /ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/
Zander has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-zander.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of zander
- zanders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zander mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
- 2
Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zander in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Sander lucioperca:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sandre |
| German | Zander, Sander, Schill, Hechtbarsch |
| Portuguese | lucioperca |
| Spanish | lucioperca |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does zander come from?
Borrowed from German Zander, from a Slavic language, perhaps via Middle Low German sandāt. Pfeifer states that the first German attestation is East Central German czandas (in the Marienburger Treßlerbuch) circa 1400, which he derives from Pomeranian *sądač (compare Slovincian sãdzoc), from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ. Low Prussian forms include Zand, and other Slavic languages (e.g. Kashubian) have been considered as possible sources. Doublet of sandre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).