gründen
\ˈɡʁʏndn̩\
The verdict
“gründen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fonder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grunden · gründen · French
gründen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gründen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈɡʁʏndn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gründen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈɡʁʏndn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gründen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gründen, spelled G-R-Ü-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fonder.
- 2Se fonder, créer.
- 3Faire baser, reposer (une argumentation sur des postulats).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gründen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Prager Universität wurde im Jahre 1348 gegründet.
In den USA wollten Starbucks-Beschäftigte eine Gewerkschaft gründen – der Konzern feuerte sie.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.