Grundsatz
German, noun/ˈɡʁʊntˌzat͡s/
Grundsatz is spelled G-R-U-N-D-S-A-T-Z (9 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grundsatz is a German masculine noun meaning “principle, tenet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “basale Regel oder Annahme, auf der das Weitere aufbaut”.
What does Grundsatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprinciple, tenet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. basale Regel oder Annahme, auf der das Weitere aufbaut
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 Grundsatz
- Grundsatzes genitive
- Grundsätze plural
- Grundsatze dative singular
- Grundsätzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grundsatz?
- /ˈɡʁʊntˌzat͡s/
- [ˈɡʁʊntˌzat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Grundsatz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grundsatz in German?
Grundsatz appears 8.1 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).