Grund – German noun declension

German noun forms of Grund

Noun: Grund
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Grund
Plural Gründe

Definite

Singularder Grund
Pluraldie Gründe

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Grundes; Grunds
Plural Gründe

Definite

Singulardes Grundes; Grunds
Pluralder Gründe

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Grund; Grunde
Plural Gründen

Definite

Singulardem Grund; Grunde
Pluralden Gründen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Grund
Plural Gründe

Definite

Singularden Grund
Pluraldie Gründe

Sample Sentences

  • 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276 (Only the farmer still has this intimate contact with the land, which makes the land a piece of him, as he feels himself as an integral part of the ground that is ploughed by him.)
  • Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor. (And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.) [1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 51:]
  • Es muss einen Grund dafür geben. (There must be a reason for that.)

Etymology

1. From Middle High German grunt, from Old High German grunt, from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥mtu-.
2. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond, English ground. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian grundë (“brittle earth”) and gryej (“to erode, crumble”). See: Dutch Nouns 'grond', English Nouns 'ground'.

Verbs referencing "Grund"

English Nouns ground, Czech Nouns grunt, Russian Nouns грунт.

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