grunda

Latin

Perhaps a backformation from suggrunda, from Proto-Italic *ɣrondā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrondʰ-h₂ (collective), from *gʰrendʰ- (“beam, plank”).^[1]

grunda f (genitive grundae); first declension

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “*grunda”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 273-274

“grunda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
grunda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

grund +‎ -a

grunda

grunda (present grundar, preterite grundade, supine grundat, imperative grunda)

to found, to establish
Staden grundades under medeltiden.
The city was founded during the Middle Ages.
to base (ideas or the like, on something)
Mina åsikter är grundade på åratal av studier
My opinions are based on years of study

Vad grundar du det på?
On what do you base that?

ett land grundat på demokratiska principer
a country founded on democratic principles
to add a bottom layer of something, often primer paint
grunda med vit målarfärg
prime with white paint

To ground in the electrical sense is jorda.

Conjugation of grunda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	grunda		grundas
Supine	grundat		grundats
Imperative	grunda		—
Imper. plural¹	grunden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	grundar	grundade	grundas	grundades
Ind. plural¹	grunda	grundade	grundas	grundades
Subjunctive²	grunde	grundade	grundes	grundades
	Participles
Present participle	grundande
Past participle	grundad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.