Feminine

Grenze

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Die   Gemeinde   liegt   im  Ostteil  der  "Dübener  Heide an
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  der   Grenze   zu   Sachsen-Anhalt .

The municipality is located in the eastern part of the "Dübener Heide" on the border with Saxony-Anhalt.

Meaning

  1. (feminine) border
  2. (feminine) limit
  3. (feminine) frontier
  4. (feminine) boundary

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

gränze

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɡʁɛnt͡sə]
Etymology

In summary

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

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