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From Latin grandis, grandem.

grund

  1. big, large, great

From Old Norse grunnr (“shallow”).

grund

  1. shallow
Inflection of grund
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular grund — —2
indefinite 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.

A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund (“a plain”) and grunn (“a shallow”).

grund c (singular definite grunden, plural indefinite grunde)

  1. reason (a cause)
    Synonym: årsag
  2. motive (incentive to act; a reason)
  3. site, plot
    Jeg har købt en grund på 200 kvm.
    I've bought a plot of 200 square meters.
  4. foundation, basis
    grundlov (“constitution”)
  5. shoal, shallow (area of shallow water)

See grunde (“to ground, establish, ponder”).

grund

  1. imperative of grunde

From Old Norse grund (compare grunnr), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

grund f (genitive singular grundar, nominative plural grundir)

  1. ground
    Synonym: jörð f

    Ég er kominn aftur á íslenska grund.

    I've returned to Icelandic ground.

    From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

    grund m (nominative plural grundas)

    1. ground
      • Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

        ...And ǣrest āmet ufan tō grunde and hū sīd sē swarta ēðm sēo.

        ...and first measure from above to its ground, how wide the black vapour is.
    2. 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.
    3. abyss, (in the plural) depths

      of grundum

      from the depths

    Strong a-stem:

    Related to Old Norse grunn (“shallow, shoal”). Possibly derived from Old Norse gróa (“to grow”).

    grund f (genitive grundar, plural grundir)

    1. (expanse of) land
    2. green field, grassy plain
    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “grund”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

    From Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

    grund m

    1. ground, foundation, abyss, plain, earth

    From Middle English ground, from Old English grund.

    grund (plural grunds)

    1. (Southern Scots) ground

    From Old Norse grunnr (“shallow”).

    grund (comparative grundare, superlative grundast)

    1. shallow

    A convergence of two Old Norse words, grund (“a plain”) and grunn (“a shallow”).

    grund c

    1. ground, land

      Huset är byggt på ofri grund.

      The house is built on non-freehold property.
    2. 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.
    3. a fundament, a foundation, a basis, fundamentals; what other constructions (physical or metaphorical) rely on
    4. cause; reason
    5. a reef or shallow in water

    grund n

    1. An area of shallow water in a large body of water, which causes a potential danger to boats or ships.