Polyglot Dictionary

Grund

/ɡʁʊnt/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Gründe

Meaning

  1. reason

    • Aus welchem Grund bist du hier?

      For what reason are you here?

  2. ground, bottom

    literal, e.g. of water

    • Der See hat einen felsigen Grund.

      The lake has a rocky bottom.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

veranlassung

Veranlassung is more formal, an official or procedural cause; Grund is more everyday — both mean "reason."

Practice

1 What does Grund mean?

2 Fill the gap: Aus welchem ___ bist du hier?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Grund?

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