Polyglot Dictionary

Gründung

/ˈɡʁʏndʊŋ/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Gründungen

Meaning

  1. founding

    Built from gründen (to found) + -ung (-ing).

    • Die Gründung der Firma war 1990.

      The company was founded in 1990.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • gründen to found
  • -ung -ing

Similar words

Stiftung

Gründung is the act of founding something; Stiftung is specifically a charitable foundation, the resulting organization.

Similar in other languages

English

foundation

foundation is the English word for the same thing — both mean "founding, establishment."

Practice

1 What does Gründung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Firma war 1990.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gründung?

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