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Grenze.

border

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡrɛn.t͡sə/

  1. border

    feminine
    Die Grenze überqueren.

  2. limit

    feminine
    Die Grenze überschreiten.

  3. frontier

    feminine
    Die Grenzen des Wissens.

  4. boundary

    feminine
    Grenzen übertreten.
    Die Grenzen erkunden.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle High German grenize, borrowed from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica, from *granь /*grana (“branch; border”) + *-ica. The word spread westward in the 15th century and was reinforced by Luther’s Bible. Doublet of Granne.

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