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urgrund

urgrund noun: basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle.

Noun

urgrund (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle
    • — the divine agony at opposition between the urgrund and physical nature, and the process —2011, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, page 278

Forms of urgrund

alternative formUrgrund

Origin of urgrund

From German Urgrund (“the very basis”, literally “original ground”), equivalent to ur- + ground.

Questions about urgrund

What does urgrund mean?
Urgrund means basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle.
What part of speech is urgrund?
Urgrund is a noun.

Words near urgrund in the dictionary

  1. urgingly
  2. urgings
  3. urginin
  4. Urglish
  5. Urgonian
  6. urgrund
  7. urheen
  8. urheimat
  9. Urheimaten
  10. urheimats
  11. Urhobo

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