Grundbedeutung
German, noun/ˈɡʁʊntbəˌdɔɪ̯tʊŋ/
Grundbedeutung is spelled G-R-U-N-D-B-E-D-E-U-T-U-N-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundbedeutung is a German feminine noun meaning “basic meaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ursprüngliche Bedeutung”.
What does Grundbedeutung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebasic meaning
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ursprüngliche Bedeutung 2. wichtigste Bedeutung, von der eventuelle andere Bedeutungen abgeleitet sind
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 Grundbedeutung
- Grundbedeutungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grundbedeutung?
- /ˈɡʁʊntbəˌdɔɪ̯tʊŋ/
- [ˈɡʁʊntbəˌdɔɪ̯tʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Grundbedeutung in German?
Grundbedeutung appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).