Polyglot Dictionary

Grenze

/ˈɡʁɛntsə/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Grenzen

Meaning

  1. border, boundary; limit

    • Der Fluss bildet die Grenze zwischen den beiden Ländern.

      The river forms the border between the two countries.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Kante

Kante is a physical edge or rim; Grenze is a border or boundary, which can be physical or figurative (a limit).

Rand

Rand is an edge, rim, or margin; Grenze is a border or boundary, which can also mean a limit figuratively.

Similar in other languages

English

edge

Close — a border, boundary relates to an edge.

Portuguese

margem

Close — an edge, a margin relates to a border, a boundary.

Practice

1 What does Grenze mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Fluss bildet die ___ zwischen den beiden Ländern.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Grenze?

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