urgrund

See also: Urgrund

English

Alternative forms

• Urgrund

Etymology

From German Urgrund (“the very basis”, literally “original ground”), equivalent to ur- +‎ ground.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ûr gro͞ont

Noun

urgrund (plural not attested)

1. basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle
   • 2011, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, page 278:

     — the divine agony at opposition between the urgrund and physical nature, and the process —

See also

• Urbild