grûn

Meaning

1. (common-gender) ground
2. (common-gender) earth

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡrun/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: grund

In summary

From Old Frisian grund, from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

Sentences

De grûn wurdt alhiel trochweakke mei al dat reinwetter.

The ground is completely soaked with all that rainwater.

Wy seagen tsientallen bierglêzen stikken oer de grûn lizzen.

We saw dozens of broken beer glasses lying on the ground.

Hja ferbylde har dat se sweefde, heech boppe de grûn .

She imagined that she was floating, high above the ground.

Hy moat it libben wer fan de grûn ôf opbouwe.

He has to rebuild life from the ground up.

In meiwurkjend famyljelid hat rjochten op grûn fan de wurknimmersfersekeringen.

A cooperating family member has rights based on employee insurance.

De grûn is al fjouwer generaasjes yn hannen fan de famylje .

The land has been in the hands of the family for four generations.