Masculine
Grund
Sentences
Aus diesem Grund wird es in einigen Medikamenten in Kombination mit anderen Wirkstoffen eingesetzt .
For this reason, it is used in some medications in combination with other active ingredients.
Grund war die Industrialisierung , beginnend mit der Textilindustrie.
The reason was industrialisation, starting with the textile industry.
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) ground, land (usually as someone's property)
- (masculine, strong) bottom (of a container or a body of water)
- (figuratively, masculine, strong) reason; motive, cause
Concepts
logical reasoning
Synonyms
Auflagefläche
Leitgedanke
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
grund
Fribourg
grùnd
Graubünden
grund
Lucerne
grond
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡʁʊnt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German grunt, from Old High German grunt, from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, 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”).
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