zander, n.

zander
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zandernoun

## Earlier version

- zander in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zander mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zander. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the noun zander?

About 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1850 | 0.0031
1860 | 0.0034
1870 | 0.0036
1880 | 0.0034
1890 | 0.0031
1900 | 0.0031
1910 | 0.0027
1920 | 0.0035
1930 | 0.0042
1940 | 0.006
1950 | 0.0071
1960 | 0.0093
1970 | 0.011
1980 | 0.012
1990 | 0.013
2000 | 0.013
2010 | 0.012

### How is the noun zander pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzandə/
ZAN-duh

#### U.S. English

/ˈzændər/
ZAN-duhr

### Where does the noun zander come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

The earliest known use of the noun zander is in the 1850s.

OED's earliest evidence for zander is from 1854, in the writing of Charles Badham, naturalist.

zander is a borrowing from German.

Etymons: German zander.

### Nearby entries

1. zamindari, n. & adj. 1742–
2. zamindarship, n. 1698–1902
3. zamioid, adj. 1860–
4. zamorin, n. 1582–
5. zampino, n. 1881–
6. zampogna, n. 1740–
7. zampone, n. 1860–
8. zamzawed, adj. 1743–
9. Zamzummim, n. 1530–
10. Zande, n. 1873–
11. zander, n.1854–
12. zanella, n. 1876–
13. zanily, adv. 1936–
14. zaniness, n. 1933–
15. Zante, n. 1615–
16. Zantedeschia, n. 1836–
17. ZANU, n. 1963–
18. zany, n. & adj. 1582–
19. zany, v. 1602–1894
20. zanyish, adj. 1843–
21. zanyism, n. 1823–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from German.
Etymon: German zander.
< German zander; in modern Latin sandra (Cuvier).

## Meaning & use

1. 1854–
   A common European species of pike-perch, Stizostedion lucioperca (Lucioperca sandra), valued as a food-fish.
   1. 1854

      > The German sandre, pike-perch, one of the best-flavoured of the family.

      C. D. Badham, Prose Halieutics 114
   2. 1888

      > In the Old World,..there are two well marked species, the Zander, or Schill, S [tizostedion] lucioperca, and the Berschick, or Sekret, S. volgensis.

      G. B. Goode, American Fishes 14
   fish
   1. zander 1854–
      A common European species of pike-perch, Stizostedion lucioperca (Lucioperca sandra), valued as a food-fish.
   2. schill 1885–
      A European pike-perch; the zander, n.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzandə/
ZAN-duh

### U.S. English

/ˈzændər/
ZAN-duhr

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Forms

### Variant forms

Also sandre, sander.

## Frequency

zander typically occurs about 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zander is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zander, n., 1850–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1850 | 0.0031
1860 | 0.0034
1870 | 0.0036
1880 | 0.0034
1890 | 0.0031
1900 | 0.0031
1910 | 0.0027
1920 | 0.0035
1930 | 0.0042
1940 | 0.006
1950 | 0.0071
1960 | 0.0093
1970 | 0.011
1980 | 0.012
1990 | 0.013
2000 | 0.013
2010 | 0.012

zander, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zander, n. was last modified in July 2023.