Grund
Appearance
See also: grund
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German grunt, from Old High German grunt, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥mtu-. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond, English ground. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grundë (“brittle earth”) and gryej (“to erode, crumble”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Grund m (strong, genitive Grundes or Grunds, plural Gründe)
- ground, land (usually as 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.
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276:
- bottom (of a container or a body of water)
- Synonym: Boden
- (figurative) reason; motive, cause [with für (+ accusative) ‘for something’]
- Synonyms: Ursache, Veranlassung
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:
- Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.
- And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Grund [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]- Abgrund
- Bachgrund
- Beckengrund
- begründen
- Beweggrund
- Blattgrund
- ergründen
- Flussgrund
- Grundabsicht
- Grundakkord
- Grundaussage
- Grundbedarf
- Grundbedeutung
- Grundbedürfnis
- Grundbestand
- gründen
- Gründer
- Grundförderung
- Grundfrage
- Grundfreibetrag
- Grundgehalt
- Grundgesetz
- Grundkurs
- Grundlage
- grundlegend
- gründlich
- grundlos
- Grundrecht
- Grundsatz
- Grundschrift
- Grundschule
- Grundsicherung
- Grundstück
- Grundtenor
- Gründung
- Grundverständnis
- Grundwehrdienst
- Grundzustand
- Hauptgrund
- Meeresgrund
- Nebengrund
- Talgrund
- Untergrund
- Vordergrund
- Wiesengrund
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Grund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Grund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Grund” in Duden online
- Grund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German grunt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Grund m (plural Grind)
- soil, earth
- en Sack foll Grund
- a sack full of earth
- ground
- in de Grund falle
- to fall into the ground
- reason; motive
- Du host keen Grund fer sowas se denke.
- You have no reason to think so.
Synonyms
[edit]- (reason): Uersach
Further reading
[edit]Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German grunt. Compare German Grund, Dutch grond, English ground.
Noun
[edit]Grund m
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