🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Gruppe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈɡʁʊpə/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Group/ɡruːp/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #300 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 word 'groupe', which itself comes from the Italian 'gruppo', derived from the Latin 'gruppus', meaning 'a bundle or cluster'. The term evolved through the 17th century to denote a collection of individuals or items considered together.

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