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gründen

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See also: grunden and Gründen

German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle High German gründen. Analyzable as Grund +‎ -en with derivational umlaut.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gründen (weak, third-person singular present gründet, past tense gründete, past participle gegründet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to found, to establish (a community, settlement, organization, company, etc.)
    Near-synonyms: bilden, stiften, begründen
    eine Familie gründento start a family
  2. (reflexive) to form (intransitively), to be founded
    Synonym: sich bilden
    Der Verein hat sich 1990 gegründet.The club formed in 1990.
  3. (intransitive, sometimes reflexive) to be based on, to build on (of a plan, achievement, ideology, etc.) [with auf (+ dative) ‘on something’]
    Synonym: basieren

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • gründen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gründen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gründen” in Duden online
  • gründen” in OpenThesaurus.de