The German word for sand is
Sand
Gender
The gender of Sand is masculine. E.g. der Sand.Plural
The plural of Sand is Sande.German Definition
sand | |
Substantiv: | |
[1] Sand | |
[2] Plural: Sandstrand | |
[1] It took us more than five hours to get the sand shifted from one end of the garden to the other. | |
Es hat uns mehr als fünf Stunden gekostet den Sand von einem Ende des Gartens in das andere zu schaffen. | |
[2] The two dogs ran up and down the sands the whole time. | |
Die beiden Hunde sind den ganzen Tag den Strand rauf und runter gerand. |
Translations for sand and their definitions
Sand | © | ||
n. sand (particles of rock) |
Schleifen | ||
n. plural of Schleife | ||
v. to grind, to whet, to move across a surface abrasively | ||
Sie hatten den Diamanten tausendmal geschliffen, bis dieser glänzte und funkelte. - They had cut the diamond a thousand times until it shone and sparkled. | ||
Der Rand muss mit Schmirgelpapier geschliffen werden. - The edge must be sanded with sandpaper. | ||
v. to sharpen | ||
Der Holzschnitzer schliff seine Messer jeden Abend bei Kerzenlicht. - The woodcarver used to sharpen his knives every evening by candlelight. | ||
v. to drag, to pull (i, along the ground) | ||
v. (figuratively) to drag (to make people accompany oneself to a place they don't want to be) | ||
v. to raze (a castle or fortress) |
schmirgeln | ||
v. to emery, to sand (abrade with sand or sandpaper) |
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