zugrunde

B2 Adverb frequency rank #3,806

What zugrunde means

Adverb

to ruin, to destruction (zugrunde gehen = to be ruined, to perish)
as basis

Pronunciation

zugrunde in a sentence

Viele kleine Läden gehen an der großen Konkurrenz zugrunde.

Many small shops are ruined by the big competition.

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zugrunde is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #3,806 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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