grund

== Dalmatian == === Alternative forms === gruond, grunt === Etymology === From Latin grandis, grandem. === Adjective === grund big, large, great ==== See also ==== maur == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡ̊ʁɔnˀ] === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse grunnr (“shallow”). ==== Alternative forms ==== grundet ==== Adjective ==== grund shallow ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Norwegian Bokmål: grunn === Etymology 2 === A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund (“a plain”) and grunn (“a shallow”). ==== Noun ==== grund c (singular definite grunden, plural indefinite grunde) reason (a cause) Synonym: årsag motive (incentive to act; a reason) site, plot Jeg har købt en grund på 200 kvm. I've bought a plot of 200 square meters. foundation, basis grundlov (“constitution”) shoal, shallow (area of shallow water) ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Norwegian Bokmål: grunn === Etymology 3 === See grunde (“to ground, establish, ponder”). ==== Verb ==== grund imperative of grunde == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse grund (compare grunnr), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krʏnt/ Rhymes: -ʏnt === Noun === grund f (genitive singular grundar, nominative plural grundir) ground Synonym: jörð f ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “grund”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “grund” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) “grund”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *grundu, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrund/ Rhymes: -und === Noun === grund m (nominative plural grundas) ground Caedmon's metrical paraphrase bottom, foundation Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church abyss, (in the plural) depths ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ground, grund, groundeEnglish: ground→ Fiji Hindi: garaund→ Maltese: grawndGeordie: grund, groondScots: grund, groond, greundYola: greoune, greoun, greound == Old Norse == === Etymology === Related to Old Norse grunn (“shallow, shoal”). Possibly derived from Old Norse gróa (“to grow”). === Noun === grund f (genitive grundar, plural grundir) (expanse of) land green field, grassy plain ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: grund f Faroese: grund f Swedish: grund c Danish: grund c === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “grund”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *grunduz. === Noun === grund m ground, foundation, abyss, plain, earth ==== Declension ==== == Scots == === Alternative forms === greund, groond === Etymology === From Middle English ground, from Old English grund. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrʌnd/ === Noun === grund (plural grunds) (Southern Scots) ground === References === “grund, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse grunnr (“shallow”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡrɵnd/ ==== Adjective ==== grund (comparative grundare, superlative grundast) shallow ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== långgrund === Etymology 2 === A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund (“a plain”) and grunn (“a shallow”). ==== Noun ==== grund c ground, land the foundation of a building; the part of the outer walls of a house which extends below the level of the floor, and down to the ground. a fundament, a foundation, a basis, fundamentals; what other constructions (physical or metaphorical) rely on cause; reason a reef or shallow in water ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== orsak c (4) ===== Related terms ===== ==== Noun ==== grund n An area of shallow water in a large body of water, which causes a potential danger to boats or ships. ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== grundkänning grundstötning === Further reading === “grund”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)