urgrund
See also: Urgrund
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom German Urgrund (“the very basis”, literally “original ground”), equivalent to ur- + ground.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: ûr gro͞ont
Noun
editurgrund (plural not attested)
- basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle
- 2011, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, page 278:
- — the divine agony at opposition between the urgrund and physical nature, and the process —