German adverb · CEFR C1
zugrunde
Meaning in English: at the bottom (zugrunde liegen/gehen)
Example
Ohne Wasser gehen die Pflanzen schnell zugrunde.
Without water the plants quickly die.
How common is zugrunde?
zugrunde is number 4,768 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 60,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,764Schrittensteps (dative plural)
- 4,765dortigenlocal, there (adjective)
- 4,766europäischerEuropean
- 4,767Highlightshighlights
- 4,768zugrundeat the bottom (zugrunde liegen/gehen)
- 4,769spanischenSpanish
- 4,770Zellencells
- 4,771mobilmobile
- 4,772gefährlichedangerous
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