Grund

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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ɡʁʊnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt
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Noun

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Grund m (strong, genitive Grundes or Grunds, plural Gründe)

  1. ground, land (usually as someone's property)
    Synonyms: Boden, Land
    • 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.
  2. bottom (of a container or a body of water)
    Synonym: Boden
  3. (figurative) reason; motive, cause [with für (+ accusative) ‘for something’]
    Synonyms: Ursache, Veranlassung
    Es muss einen Grund dafür geben.There must be a reason for that.

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Derived terms

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References

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German grunt.

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Noun

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Grund m (plural Grind)

  1. soil, earth
    en Sack foll Grund
    a sack full of earth
  2. ground
    in de Grund falle
    to fall into the ground
  3. reason; motive
    Du host keen Grund fer sowas se denke.
    You have no reason to think so.

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German grunt. Compare German Grund, Dutch grond, English ground.

Noun

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Grund m

  1. ground
  2. foundation
  3. soil
  4. reason