Standard Lemma guide

zander

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈzæn.dɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈzɑːndə/
  • Australian: /ˈzɐːndə/
  • homophone: Xander
  • /ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: Z AE1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, variant of Xander.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: çay sufu — Sander lucioperca
  • Azerbaijani: sıf — Sander lucioperca
  • Bulgarian: бяла риба (bjala riba) — Sander lucioperca
  • Catalan: lucioperca — Sander lucioperca
  • Czech: candát obecný — Sander lucioperca
  • Danish: sandart — Sander lucioperca
  • Dutch: snoekbaars — Sander lucioperca
  • Esperanto: sandro — Sander lucioperca
  • Estonian: koha — Sander lucioperca
  • Finnish: kuha — Sander lucioperca
  • French: sandre — Sander lucioperca
  • Galician: lucioperca — Sander lucioperca
  • German: Zander — Sander lucioperca
  • German: Sander — Sander lucioperca
  • German: Schill — Sander lucioperca
  • German: Hechtbarsch — Sander lucioperca
  • German: Zaander — Sander lucioperca
  • Hungarian: fogassüllő — Sander lucioperca
  • Hungarian: (of more than 1.5 kg or 3.3 lbs) fogas — Sander lucioperca
  • Hungarian: süllő — Sander lucioperca
  • Ingrian: kuha — Sander lucioperca
  • Ingrian: sudakka — Sander lucioperca
  • Irish: liúsphéirse — Sander lucioperca
  • Italian: lucioperca — Sander lucioperca
  • Italian: sandra — Sander lucioperca
  • Kashubian: sandra — Sander lucioperca
  • Kazakh: көксерке (kökserke) — Sander lucioperca
  • Komi-Permyak: судак (sudak) — Sander lucioperca
  • Komi-Zyrian: судак (sudak) — Sander lucioperca
  • Lithuanian: starkis — Sander lucioperca
  • Livvi: kuha — Sander lucioperca
  • Eastern Mari: шылагол (šylagol) — Sander lucioperca
  • Norwegian: gjørs — Sander lucioperca
  • Persian: سوف (suf) — Sander lucioperca
  • Polish: sandacz — Sander lucioperca
  • Portuguese: lucioperca — Sander lucioperca
  • Romanian: șalău — Sander lucioperca
  • Russian: суда́к (sudák) — Sander lucioperca
  • Serbo-Croatian: smuđ — Sander lucioperca
  • Lower Sorbian: candaŕ — Sander lucioperca
  • Spanish: lucioperca — Sander lucioperca
  • Swedish: gös — Sander lucioperca
  • Turkish: sudak — Sander lucioperca
  • Udmurt: кӧсчорыг (kösćoryg) — Sander lucioperca
  • Welsh: draenog cernog — Sander lucioperca
  • Welsh: sandr — Sander lucioperca
  • Welsh: draenogyn cegfawr — Sander lucioperca
  • Czech: candát — fish of the genus Sander
  • Finnish: kuha — fish of the genus Sander
  • German: Zander — fish of the genus Sander
  • Latin: lucioperca — fish of the genus Sander
  • Polish: sandacz — fish of the genus Sander
  • Russian: суда́к (sudák) — fish of the genus Sander
  • Turkish: sudak — fish of the genus Sander