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Where does “begrunnet” come from?

begrunnet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål begrunne, from German begründen, from Middle High German begründen — to found", "solidify.

begrunnet (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of begrunne: ## simple past ## past...

Definitions

  1. inflection of begrunne: ## simple past ## past...

Ancestry of “begrunnet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbegrunneto justify; state the reasons for; give the...
2Germanbegründento make an argument for something, to justify, to...
3Middle High Germanbegründento found", "solidify

Words derived from “begrunnet”

  • velbegrunnet
Every word from Middle High German begründen →