Grenze
German, noun
Grenze is spelled G-R-E-N-Z-E (6 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written German, the 1,232nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grenze is a German feminine noun meaning “border” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, grenze is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rand eines Raumes und damit ein Trennwert, eine Trennlinie oder Trennfläche”.
What does Grenze mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineborder
Die Grenze überqueren.
- 2
femininelimit
Die Grenze überschreiten.
- 3
femininefrontier
Die Grenzen des Wissens.
- 4
feminineboundary
Grenzen übertreten.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rand eines Raumes und damit ein Trennwert, eine Trennlinie oder Trennfläche
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Grenze
- Grenzen plural
- Gränze alternative
- Gr. abbreviation
- Grz. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Grenze
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Grenze in German?
Grenze appears 69 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).