Meanings
ground, land (usually as someone's property)
1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276Only 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.
bottom (of a container or a body of water)
figurativereason; motive, cause
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.
basis
Der Stoff zeigt Sonnenblumen auf rotem Grund.
Expressions
der Grund für + Akk.the reason for
Was ist der Grund für deine Entscheidung?What's the reason for your decision?