Polyglot Dictionary

Grundsatz

/ˈɡʁʊntˌzats/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Grundsätze

Meaning

  1. principle

    Built from Grund (reason) + Satz (sentence).

    • Das ist mein Grundsatz.

      That is my principle.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Grund reason
  • Satz sentence

Similar words

prinzip

Grundsatz and Prinzip are close synonyms for "principle"; Grundsatz is native German, Prinzip a Latin loanword, largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

princípio

princípio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "principle."

Practice

1 What does Grundsatz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist mein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Grundsatz?

nouncompound

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