grenzen
German, verb
grenzen is spelled G-R-E-N-Z-E-N (7 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written German, the 1,189th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grenzen is a German verb meaning “to border” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Grenzen is a different word: “plural of Grenze”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine gemeinsame Grenze mit etwas haben”.
What does grenzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to border
Deutschland grenzt im Westen an Frankreich.
- 2
to come close to, to almost be (to be very similar)
Was geschehen ist grenzt an ein Wunder.
noun
- 1
plural of Grenze
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine gemeinsame Grenze mit etwas haben 2. fast so sein wie etwas; einem Zustand nahe kommen
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 grenzen
- grenzt present singular third-person
- grenzte past
- gegrenzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- grenzend participle present
- grenze first-person indicative present
- grenzest second-person singular subjunctive
- grenzet plural second-person subjunctive
- grenzten first-person indicative plural
- grenztest indicative preterite second-person
- grenztet indicative plural preterite
- grenz imperative second-person singular
- habe gegrenzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gegrenzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- grenze! imperative singular
- grenzt! imperative plural
- gegrenzt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu grenzen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grenzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grenzen in German?
grenzen appears 72 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).