🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

zugrundeliegend

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsoo-groon-duh-lee-gent

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Underlying/ˌʌndərˈlaɪɪŋ/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Wir müssen die zugrundeliegenden Ursachen analysieren."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Real but not immediately obvious; underlying causes or principles form the basis of something.

    "We need to look at the underlying causes of the economic crisis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English as a present participle of the verb 'underlie', from Old English underlicgan ('to lie under'), equivalent to under- + lie.

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