Contionary:grund

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Niemish

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Gothic grundus.

Noun

¹ grúnd n.m. hard stem

  1. ground
  2. foundation
  3. (figuratively) reason, motive, cause

Declension

declension of grúnd (mh declension)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grúnd gróndan grónds gróndas
genitive grúnds grúndes grúnde grúndse
dative grónd gróndum gróndą gróndę

Derived terms

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk grund, from Old Skundavisk grunda, from Halmisk ᚷᚱᚢᚾᛞᚨ (grunda), ᚷᚱᚢᚾᛞᚨᛉ (grundaŕ), from Proto-Germanic *grundaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

grund m. (class 1, genitive grunds, plural grunds)

  1. ground, floor
    Hit fell an the grund.
    It fell on the grund.
  2. cause, reason
    Hi deed thet åne eenig grund.
    He did that without any reason.

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