grond

From Dutch grond, from Middle Dutch gront, from Old Dutch grunt, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈχrɔnt/

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grond (plural gronde, diminutive grondjie)

1. (uncountable) ground, dirt, soil
2. (uncountable) floor, ground
3. ground, land, territory

From Middle Dutch gront, from Old Dutch grunt, from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɔnt/

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• Hyphenation: grond
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

grond m (plural gronden, diminutive grondje n)

1. (uncountable) ground, dirt, soil
2. (uncountable) floor, ground

   op de grond ― on the floor/ground

3. ground, land, territory

• Afrikaans: grond
• Berbice Creole Dutch: grondo
• Jersey Dutch: grânt
• Negerhollands: grond, gron, grun
• Skepi Creole Dutch: groond
• → Sranan Tongo: gron

• drong

• grànd (Sutsilvan)
• grand (Puter)

From Latin grandis, grandem.

grond m (feminine singular gronda, masculine plural gronds, feminine plural grondas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) big, large
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) tall