gründen

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to found, to establish (a community, settlement, organization, company, etc.)
  2. (reflexive, weak) to form (intransitively), to be founded
  3. (intransitive, reflexive, sometimes, weak) to be based on, to build on (of a plan, achievement, ideology, etc.)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡʁʏndn̩/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gründen. Analyzable as Grund + -en with derivational umlaut.

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