grund
See also: Grund
Danish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ɡ̊ʁɔnˀ]
Alternative forms
    
Inflection
    
| Inflection of grund | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | grund | — | —2 | 
| Neuter singular | grundt | — | —2 | 
| Plural | grunde | — | —2 | 
| Definite attributive1 | grunde | — | — | 
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Inflection
    
Etymology 3
    
See grunde (“to ground, establish, ponder”).
Icelandic
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse *grundr (compare grunnr), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /krʏnt/
- Rhymes: -ʏnt
Noun
    
grund f (genitive singular grundar, nominative plural grundir)
- ground
- Ég er kominn aftur á íslenska grund.- I've returned to Icelandic ground.
 
 
Declension
    
Synonyms
    
- (ground): jörð f
Old English
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɡrund/
Noun
    
grund m (nominative plural grundas)
- ground
- bottom, foundation
- Ǣlċ sǣ, þēah hēo dēop sīe, hæfþ grund on þǣre eorðan.- Every sea, no matter how deep, has a bottom in the Earth.
 
 
- abyss, (in the plural) depths
- of grundum- from the depths
 
 
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
Derived terms
- grundlēas (“bottomless”)
- grundlunga, grundlinga (“to the ground, completely”)
- grundstān (“foundation stone”)
- grundweall (“foundation”)
- grundweallian (“to found”)
Old Norse
    
    Etymology
    
Related to Old Norse grunn (“shallow, shoal”). Possibly derived from Old Norse gróa (“to grow”).
Declension
    
References
    
- “grund”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.
Scots
    
    Etymology
    
From Old English grund.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɡrʌnd/
Synonyms
    
- groond (other Scots dialects)
Swedish
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɡrɵnd/
- audio - (file) 
Declension
    
| Inflection of grund | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 | 
| Common singular | grund | grundare | grundast | 
| Neuter singular | grunt | grundare | grundast | 
| Plural | grunda | grundare | grundast | 
| Masculine plural3 | grunde | grundare | grundast | 
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative | 
| Masculine singular1 | grunde | grundare | grundaste | 
| All | grunda | grundare | grundaste | 
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
    
Noun
    
grund c
- ground, land
- Huset är byggt på ofri grund.- The house is built on non-freehold property.
 
 
- 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
    
| Declension of grund | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | grund | grunden | grunder | grunderna | 
| Genitive | grunds | grundens | grunders | grundernas | 
Synonyms
    
- orsak c (4)
Related terms
    
- grunda
- grundlig
- grundlägga
- grundplåt
- grundskola
- husgrund
- krypgrund
- torpargrund
Noun
    
grund n
- An area of shallow water in a large body of water, which causes a potential danger to boats or ships.
Declension
    
| Declension of grund | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | grund | grundet | grund | grunden | 
| Genitive | grunds | grundets | grunds | grundens | 
Related terms
    
- grundkänning
- grundstötning
Further reading
    
- grund in Svensk ordbok.
- grund in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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