Grund

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]

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁʊnt/
• Rhymes: -ʊnt

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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 (für (“for”) + accusative)

   Synonyms: Ursache, Veranlassung

   • 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.

   Es muss einen Grund dafür geben. ― There must be a reason for that.

• “Grund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Grund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Grund” in Duden online
• Grund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Middle High German and Old High German grunt.

• IPA^(key): /krunt/

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.

• (reason): Uersach

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

Grund m

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