Grenze

See also: grenze

German

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Alternative forms

• Gränze (pre-1901)

Etymology

Borrowed by the Teutonic Order in the 13th century from a Slavic language (compare Common Slavic *granica (“boundary, border”)), then borrowed again into western German from Polish in the 15th century. Luther helped to popularize the word, which he spelled grentze; another old spelling was Gränze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡʁɛntsə]

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Noun

Grenze f (genitive Grenze, plural Grenzen)

1. border
   • 1990, Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag, in: Bundesgesetzblatt 1990, part 2, page 1320:

     Die Bestätigung des endgültigen Charakters der Grenzen des vereinten Deutschland ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der Friedensordnung in Europa.

     The confirmation of the definitive nature of the borders of the united Germany is an essential element of the peaceful order in Europe.

2. limit
3. frontier

Declension

Declension of Grenze

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Grenze	die	Grenzen
genitive	einer	der	Grenze	der	Grenzen
dative	einer	der	Grenze	den	Grenzen
accusative	eine	die	Grenze	die	Grenzen

Synonyms

• Gemerke n

Derived terms

• Obergrenze f
• Untergrenze f
• Zonengrenze f

Related terms

• abgrenzen
• ausgrenzen
• begrenzen
• eingrenzen
• grenzen
• Grenzfall
• Grenzschutz

Further reading

• Grenze in Duden online