begründet
German, adjective[bəˈɡʁʏndət]
begründet is a German adjective meaning “justified, well-founded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of begründen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “berechtigt; mit einem Grund, einer Ursache belegt”.
What does begründet mean in English?
adjective
- 1
justified, well-founded
verb
- 1
past participle of begründen
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
second-person plural subjunctive I
- 4
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. berechtigt; mit einem Grund, einer Ursache belegt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of begründet
- begründeter masculine nominative singular
- begründete feminine nominative singular
- begründetes neuter nominative singular
- begründeten genitive masculine singular
- begründetem dative masculine singular
- der begründete definite includes-article masculine
- die begründete definite feminine includes-article
- das begründete definite includes-article neuter
- die begründeten definite includes-article nominative
- des begründeten definite genitive includes-article
- der begründeten definite feminine genitive
- dem begründeten dative definite includes-article
- den begründeten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce begründet?
- [bəˈɡʁʏndət]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is begründet in German?
begründet appears 21 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).