Fundament
German, noun/fʊndaˈmɛnt/
Fundament is spelled F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fundament is a German neuter noun meaning “foundation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Unterbau eines Gebäudes oder einer Maschine”.
What does Fundament mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfoundation
Wenn Kultur das Fundament einer Gesellschaft ist, dann ist Sprache der Eckpfeiler der Kultur.
- 2
neuterbase
- 3
neuterfooting, grounding
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Unterbau eines Gebäudes oder einer Maschine 2. Grundlage von etwas
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 Fundament
- Fundamentes genitive
- Fundaments genitive
- Fundamente plural
- Fundamenten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fundament?
- /fʊndaˈmɛnt/
- [fʊndaˈmɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fundament
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fundament in German?
Fundament appears 6.9 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).