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Grund und Boden
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German
Etymology
Pleonastic collocation, ground and soil 1.
Pronunciation
de De-Grund und Boden.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,Grund und Bodens:Grunds und Bodens:Grundes und Bodens.sg
de idiomatic land that is owned by someone, real estate, property
de Grundbesitz Grundstück officialese Liegenschaft agricultural, dated Hufe archaic Eigen
Usage notes
The idiomatic nature of the phrase is most clearly seen from the fact that the first component (de Grund) is usually left uninflected in the genitive.seines Grund(es) und Bodens at Google Ngram Viewer.
Declension
m,Grund und Bodens:Grunds und Bodens:Grundes und Bodens.sg
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