German

Noun

Grund m ‎(genitive Grundes or Grunds, plural Gründe)

1. reason; motive
   • 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.

2. ground, land (usually in its capacity of being 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.

3. bottom (of a container or a body of water)

Declension

Synonyms

• (ground): Boden; Land
• (bottom): Boden

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ DWDS (Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache): Grund.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• gruond, grunt

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grund

1. big, large, great

See also

• maur

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡron/, [ɡ̊ʁɔnˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grunnr ‎(“shallow”).

Alternative forms

• grundet

Adjective

grund

1. shallow

Inflection

Etymology 2

A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund ‎(“a plain”) and grunn ‎(“a shallow”).

Noun

grund c (singular definite grunden, plural indefinite grunde)

1. reason (a cause)
2. motive (incentive to act; a reason)
3. argument (a reason)
4. cause
5. ground
6. soil
7. shoal
8. site, plot
9. foundation
10. basis
11. priming

Inflection

Etymology 3

See grunde ‎(“to ground, establish, ponder”).

Verb

grund

1. imperative of grunde

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krʏnt/
• Rhymes: -ʏnt

Noun

grund f ‎(genitive singular grundar, nominative plural grundir)

1. ground

   Ég er kominn aftur á íslenska grund.‎

   I've returned to Icelandic ground.

Declension

Synonyms

• (ground): jörð f

Old English

Noun

grund m ‎(nominative plural grundas)

1. ground, foundation, abyss, ****, plain, country land, earth

   Ǽlc sǽ ðeáh heó deóp sý hæfþ grund on ðære eorþan.‎

   Every sea, tho it be deep, hath its bottom in the earth.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: ground

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Old Norse grunn ‎(“shallow, shoal”). Possibly derived from Old Norse gróa ‎(“to grow”).

Noun

grund f (genitive grundar, plural grundir)

1. green field, grassy plain

Declension

Declension

References

• grund in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

Noun

grund m

1. ground, foundation, abyss, plain, earth

Declension

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrʌnd/

Noun

grund ‎(plural grunds)

1. (South Scots) ground

Synonyms

• groond (other Scots dialects)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grunnr ‎(“shallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ɡrɵnd

Adjective

grund (comparative grundare, superlative grundast)

1. shallow

Declension

Etymology 2

A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund ‎(“a plain”) and grunn ‎(“a shallow”).

Noun

grund c

1. ground, land

   Huset är byggt på ofri grund.‎

   The house is built on non-freehold property.

2. the foundation of a building; the part of the outer walls of a house which extends below the level of the floor, and down to the ground.
3. a fundament, a foundation, a basis, fundamentals; what other constructions (physical or metaphorical) rely on
4. cause; reason
5. a shallow in water

Declension

Related terms

• grunda
• grundlig
• grundlägga
• grundplåt
• grundskola
• husgrund
• krypgrund
• torpargrund

Synonyms

• orsak c (4)

Noun

grund n

1. An area of shallow water in a large body of water, which causes a potential danger to boats or ships.

Declension

Related terms

• grundkänning
• grundstötning