Grundnahrungsmittel
German, noun[ˈɡʁʊntnaːʁʊŋsˌmɪtl̩]
Grundnahrungsmittel is spelled G-R-U-N-D-N-A-H-R-U-N-G-S-M-I-T-T-E-L (19 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundnahrungsmittel is a German neuter noun meaning “basic food or drink; staple; a substance that is central to a given society's sustentation (e.g. bread, beer, fish, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nahrungsmittel, das in einer bestimmten Kultur von der Menge her den wichtigsten Bestandteil der Ernährung…”.
What does Grundnahrungsmittel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbasic food or drink; staple; a substance that is central to a given society's sustentation (e.g. bread, beer, fish, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nahrungsmittel, das in einer bestimmten Kultur von der Menge her den wichtigsten Bestandteil der Ernährung ausmacht
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 Grundnahrungsmittel
- Grundnahrungsmittels genitive
- Grundnahrungsmitteln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grundnahrungsmittel?
- [ˈɡʁʊntnaːʁʊŋsˌmɪtl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grundnahrungsmittel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grundnahrungsmittel in German?
Grundnahrungsmittel appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).