Grund
German, noun/ɡʁʊnt/
Grund is spelled G-R-U-N-D (5 letters) and appears 234 times per million words in written German, the 379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grund is a German masculine noun meaning “ground, land (usually as someone's property)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ereignis, welches ein Darauffolgendes hervorgerufen hat”.
What does Grund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineground, land (usually as someone's property)
- 2
masculinebottom (of a container or a body of water)
- 3
masculinereason; motive, cause
Es muss einen Grund dafür geben.
prefix
- 1
basic, fundamental, elementary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ereignis, welches ein Darauffolgendes hervorgerufen hat 2. ein Stück Land 3. vertieftes Gelände 4. Grundfläche eines Gefäßes, einer Grube oder Ähnlichem
prefix: 1. in Zusammensetzungen mit Substantiven, die Basis, das Wesentliche, Bestimmende beschreibend 2. vom Grunde her, sehr
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 Grund
- Grundes genitive
- Grunds genitive
- Gründe plural
- Grunde dative singular
- Gründen dative definite plural
- Gr. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grund?
- /ɡʁʊnt/
- /ɡʁʊnt-/
- [ɡʁʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grund
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grund in German?
Grund appears 234 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).