Grenze

See also: grenze and grenzë

German

From Middle High German grenize, graniza, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica (“boundary, border”). The word spread westward in the 15th century and was reinforced by Luther’s Bible. Doublet of Granne.

Grenze f (genitive Grenze, plural Grenzen)

border
Die Grenze überqueren. ― to cross the border.
- 1990, “Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag”, in Bundesgesetzblatt, 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.
limit
Die Grenze überschreiten. ― to exceed the limit.
frontier
Die Grenzen des Wissens. ― The frontiers of knowledge.
boundary
Grenzen übertreten. ― to overstep the bounds; to cross the line.

Die Grenzen erkunden. ― to explore the boundaries.

Declension of Grenze [feminine]