🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Gruppe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈɡʁʊpə/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Group/ɡruːp/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Eine Gruppe von Studenten arbeitet an dem Projekt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

    "A group of students gathered outside the library for the exam."
As verb
  1. 1

    To place people or things together in a group or category.

    "The teacher decided to group the students by their language proficiency levels."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'group' originates from the French 'groupe', which itself comes from the Italian 'gruppo'. The term evolved in the late 15th century to denote a collection or assembly of individuals or things, reflecting a shift from a physical gathering to a broader conceptual understanding of association.

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