Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "group" in Russian

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группа

Meaning: group, cluster

Pronunciation: [GROO-pah]

Part of speech: noun (feminine noun)

Rank: #418 (see frequency list)

Shall I take a photo of all of you together?
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Example sentences:

Вот моя́ гру́ппа ру́сского языка́.
Here's my Russian language group.
В на́шей гру́ппе мно́го студе́нтов.
There are many students in our group.
Из самолëта мы уви́дели гру́ппу острово́в.
We saw a cluster of islands from the plane.
literal We saw a group of islands from the plane.
Вас снять гру́ппой?
Shall I take a photo of all of you together?
literal Shall I take a photo of the group?
Кака́я у тебя́ гру́ппа кро́ви?
What blood type do you have?
literal What blood group do you have?
Моя́ ба́бушка - инвали́д второ́й гру́ппы.
My grandmother has a level two disability.
literal My grandmother has the second group of disability.
Каки́е социа́льные гру́ппы существу́ют в совреме́нной Росси́и?
What social groups exist in modern Russia?
Гру́ппа экспе́ртов бы́стро нашла́ реше́ние пробле́мы.
The group of experts quickly found the solution of the problem.
Я не люблю́ э́ту гру́ппу, а ты?
I don't like this band, and you?
Недово́льные собра́лись в гру́ппы.
The discontented got together in groups.

Idioms and set expressions:

инвали́д пе́рвой гру́ппы = level 1 disability
literal disabled of the first group
гру́ппа кро́ви = blood type, blood group
гру́ппа острово́в = cluster of islands
literal group of islands
операти́вная гру́ппа = task force
literal operation group

Related words:

группирова́ть = classify
группиро́вка = group, classification, gang
группово́й = group (adjective)

Case

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Plural

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