Grundgebirge
German, noun/ˈɡʁʊntɡəˌbɪʁɡə/
Grundgebirge is spelled G-R-U-N-D-G-E-B-I-R-G-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundgebirge is a German neuter noun meaning “basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Grundgebirge mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbasement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Grundgebirge
- Grundgebirges genitive
- Grundgebirgen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grundgebirge?
- /ˈɡʁʊntɡəˌbɪʁɡə/
- [ˈɡʁʊntɡəˌbɪɐ̯ɡə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grundgebirge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grundgebirge in German?
Grundgebirge appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).