# der Grund

der Grund is a German noun meaning “ground”. Forms: des Grundes, die Gründe.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Grundes
- Plural: die Gründe

## In other languages

- Русский: ед. ч. почва, грунт, земля
- Українська: причина, підстава

## Meanings

1. 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 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.
2. bottom (of a container or a body of water)
3. _figurative_ reason; 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.
4. basis
   - Der Stoff zeigt Sonnenblumen auf rotem Grund.

## Expressions

- der Grund für + Akk. — the reason for

## Examples

- Ich habe es aus gutem Grund getan. — I did it for a good reason.
- Du hast allen Grund, wütend zu sein. — You have every right to be mad.
- Ich habe keinen Grund, Sie zu belügen. — I have no reason to lie to you.
- Ich habe mir ohne Grund Sorgen gemacht. — I was worried for nothing.
- Tom hat gute Gründe für sein Verhalten. — Tom has good reasons for his behavior.

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