gräns

See also: grans and græns

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Old Swedish grens, from German Grenze, from Proto-Slavic *granica (“boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gräns c

1. bound, boundary; the border of a territory
2. (mathematics) bound; a value which is larger (or smaller) than every element in a given set
3. border; where one country or other area ends and the next begins
4. limit; restriction which may not be crossed

Declension

Declension of gräns

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gräns	gräns
	definite	gränsen	gränsens
plural	indefinite	gränser	gränsers
	definite	gränserna	gränsernas

Derived terms

• gränsbevakning
• gränspostering
• gränsstation
• gränstrakt
• gränsvärde
• gränsövergång
• gå över gränsen
• minsta övre gräns
• största undre gräns

See also

• gränsa, gränsa till
• begränsa
• avgränsa

Further reading

• “gräns”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)