grund

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• gruond , grunt

From Latin grandis, grandem .

grund

1. big, large, great

• maur

• IPA ^(key): [ɡ̊ʁɔnˀ]

From Old Norse grunnr ("shallow").

• grundet

grund (neuter grundt , plural and definite singular attributive grunde )

1. shallow

• Norwegian Bokmål: grunn

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

grund c (singular definite grunden , plural indefinite grunde )

1. reason (a cause)

   Synonym: årsag

2. motive (incentive to act; a reason)
3. site, plot

   Jeg har købt en grund på 200 kvm.

   I've bought a plot of 200 square meters.

4. foundation, basis

   grundlov ("constitution")

5. shoal, shallow (area of shallow water)

• Norwegian Bokmål: grunn

• basis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grund

1. imperative of grunde

• "grund" in Den Danske Ordbog
• "grund" in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse grund (compare grunnr ), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz .

• IPA ^(key): [ˈkrʏnt]
• Rhymes: -ʏnt

grund f (genitive singular grundar , nominative plural grundir )

1. ground

   Synonym: jörð  f

   Ég er kominn aftur á íslenska grund.

   I've returned to Icelandic ground.

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), "grund", in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• "grund" in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• "grund", in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

From Proto-West Germanic *grundu , from Proto-Germanic *grunduz .

• IPA ^(key): /ɡrund/
• Rhymes: -und

grund m (nominative plural grundas )

1. ground
   • Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

     ...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.

     ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.

2. bottom, foundation

   Ǣlċ sǣ, þēah hēo dēop sīe, hæfþ grund on þǣre eorðan.

   Every sea, no matter how deep, has a bottom in the Earth.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đā ġesēah hē swymman sċealfran on flōde, and ġelōme doppettan ādūne tō grunde, ēhtende ðearle þǣre ēa fixa.

     Then he saw loons swim in the water, and often dive down toward the bottom, eagerly chasing the fish of the river.

3. abyss, (in the plural) depths

   of grundum

   from the depths

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: ground , grund , grounde
  • English: ground , GND (contraction used in electronics)
    • Tok Pisin: graun
  • Geordie: grund , groond
  • Scots: grund , groond , greund
  • Yola: greoune , greoun , greound

From Proto-Germanic *grundō  f, feminin form of *grundr  m, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz .

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

grund f (genitive grundar , plural grundir )

1. (expanse of) land
2. green field, grassy plain

• iarmungrund , jǫrmungrund

• Icelandic: grund  f
• Faroese: grund  f
• Swedish: grund  c
• Danish: grund  c

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), "grund", in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Proto-Germanic *grunduz .

grund m

1. ground, foundation, abyss, plain, earth

• Middle Low German: grunt
  • German Low German: Grund
  • Plautdietsch: Grunt

• greund , groond

From Middle English ground , from Old English grund .

• IPA ^(key): /ɡrʌnd/

grund (plural grunds )

1. (Southern Scots ) ground
   • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thrawn Janet:

     [...] the auld, deid, desecrated corp o' the witch-wife [...] lowed up like a brunstane spunk and fell in ashes to the grund [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• "grund, n., v.", in The Dictionary of the Scots Language , Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

From Old Norse grunnr ("shallow").

• IPA ^(key): /ɡrɵnd/
• Audio: (file)

grund (comparative grundare , superlative grundast )

1. shallow

• långgrund

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

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 reef or shallow in water

• orsak  c (4)

grund n

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

• grundkänning
• grundstötning

• "grund", in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

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