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Grund

Grund

See also: grund

German

Noun

Grund m (genitive Grundes or Grunds, plural Gründe)

  1. reason; motive
  2. ground, land (usually in its capacity of being someone’s property)
    • 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276:
      Nur noch der Bauer hat diese innige Berührung mit dem Lande, die es zu einem Stück seiner selbst macht, wie er sich als Bestandteil des von ihm beackerten Grundes empfindet.
      Only the farmer still has this intimate contact with the land, which makes the land a piece of him, as he feels himself as an integral part of the ground that is ploughed by him.
  3. bottom (of a container or a body of water)

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References

  1. DWDS (Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache): Grund.

grund

grund

See also: Grund

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grund

  1. big, large, great

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡron/, [ɡ̊ʁɔnˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grunnr (shallow).

Alternative forms

Adjective

grund

  1. shallow

Inflection

Inflection of grund
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular grund 2
Neuter singular grundt 2
Plural grunde 2
Definite attributive1 grunde
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund (a plain) and grunn (a shallow).

Noun

grund c (singular definite grunden, plural indefinite grunde)

  1. reason (a cause)
  2. motive (incentive to act; a reason)
  3. argument (a reason)
  4. cause
  5. ground
  6. soil
  7. shoal
  8. site, plot
  9. foundation
  10. basis
  11. priming
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Etymology 3

See grunde (to ground, establish, ponder).

Verb

grund

  1. imperative of grunde

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krʏnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

grund f (genitive singular grundar, nominative plural grundir)

  1. ground
    Ég er kominn aftur á íslenska grund.
    I've returned to Icelandic ground.

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Old English

Noun

grund m (nominative plural grundas)

  1. ground, foundation, abyss, ****, plain, country land, earth
    Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan.
    Every sea, tho it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth.

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Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Old Norse grunn (shallow, shoal). Possibly derived from Old Norse gróa (to grow).

Noun

grund f (genitive grundar, plural grundir)

  1. green field, grassy plain

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References

  • grund in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

Noun

grund m

  1. ground, foundation, abyss, plain, earth

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Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrʌnd/

Noun

grund (plural grunds)

  1. (South Scots) ground

Synonyms

  • groond (other Scots dialects)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grunnr (shallow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ɡrɵnd

Adjective

grund (comparative grundare, superlative grundast)

  1. shallow

Declension

Inflection of grund
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grund grundare grundast
Neuter singular grunt grundare grundast
Plural grunda grundare grundast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 grunde grundare grundaste
All grunda grundare grundaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Etymology 2

A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund (a plain) and grunn (a shallow).

Noun

grund c

  1. ground, land
    Huset är byggt på ofri grund.
    The house is built on non-freehold property.
  2. the foundation of a building; the part of the outer walls of a house which extends below the level of the floor, and down to the ground.
  3. a fundament, a foundation, a basis, fundamentals; what other constructions (physical or metaphorical) rely on
  4. cause; reason
  5. a shallow in water

Declension

Inflection of grund 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grund grunden grunder grunderna
Genitive grunds grundens grunders grundernas

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Noun

grund n

  1. An area of shallow water in a large body of water, which causes a potential danger to boats or ships.

Declension

Inflection of grund 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grund grundet grund grunden
Genitive grunds grundets grunds grundens

Related terms

  • grundkänning
  • grundstötning