No. 9,787 in Swedish

grundade

"Grundade" means "founded" or "established" in English.

In a sentence

Hon grundade företaget år 2001.
She founded the company in the year 2001.
Here, 'grundade' is used in its past tense form as the verb 'grunda' meaning 'to found', indicating the establishment of an entity.
Teorin var grundad på noggranna observationer.
The theory was based on careful observations.
In this context, 'grundad' is used as an adjective stemming from the verb 'grunda', meaning 'based' or 'founded upon'.
De grundade sin undersökning på befintlig data.
They based their research on existing data.
Here, 'grundade' is used as the past tense of the verb 'grunda' meaning 'to base', relating the foundation of the research to the data.

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