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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

grunn.

shallow (not deep: water, river etc.)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. shallow (not deep: water, river etc.)

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse grunnr (“bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”), from Pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.

noun
  1. ground

    masculine
  2. reason

    masculine
  3. på grunn - aground

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse grund and grunnr, from Old Norse grunnr (“bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”), from Pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.

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