Translation

1. ground, land (usually as someone's property) masculine, strong

   1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276

   Only the farmer still has this intimate contact with the land, which makes the land a piece of him, as he feels himself as an integral part of the ground that is ploughed by him.

2. account source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
3. bed source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
4. motive; motivation source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
5. bottom (of a container or a body of water) masculine, strong
6. reason; motive, cause figuratively, masculine, strong

   Und da er keinen Grund hatte, ihr seinen Namen zu verhehlen, so stellte er sich in aller Form vor.

   And because he had no reason to conceal his name from her, he introduced himself in all due form.

   Es muss einen Grund dafür geben.

   There must be a reason for that.

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