Kriegsgrund
German, noun/ˈkʁiːksˌɡʁʊnt/
Kriegsgrund is spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-G-R-U-N-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriegsgrund is a German masculine noun meaning “casus belli” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Grund, einen Krieg zu beginnen/zu führen”.
What does Kriegsgrund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecasus belli
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grund, einen Krieg zu beginnen/zu führen
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 Kriegsgrund
- Kriegsgrundes genitive
- Kriegsgrunds genitive
- Kriegsgründe plural
- Kriegsgrunde dative singular
- Kriegsgründen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kriegsgrund?
- /ˈkʁiːksˌɡʁʊnt/
- [ˈkʁiːksˌɡʁʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kriegsgrund in German?
Kriegsgrund appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).