grenzen

See also: Grenzen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɛn.zə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gren‧zen
  • Rhymes: -ɛnzən

Etymology 1

From grens + -en.

Verb

grenzen

  1. (intransitive) to border [+ aan (on)]
Inflection
Conjugation of grenzen (weak)
infinitive grenzen
past singular grensde
past participle gegrensd
infinitive grenzen
gerund grenzen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular grensgrensde
2nd person sing. (jij) grenstgrensde
2nd person sing. (u) grenstgrensde
2nd person sing. (gij) grenstgrensde
3rd person singular grenstgrensde
plural grenzengrensden
subjunctive sing.1 grenzegrensde
subjunctive plur.1 grenzengrensden
imperative sing. grens
imperative plur.1 grenst
participles grenzendgegrensd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: grens

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

grenzen

  1. plural of grens

German

Etymology

From Middle High German grenizen. By surface analysis, Grenze + -en.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gren‧zen
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁɛntsən/, [ˈɡʁɛntsn̩]

Verb

grenzen (weak, third-person singular present grenzt, past tense grenzte, past participle gegrenzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to border
    Deutschland grenzt im Westen an Frankreich.German borders France to the west.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to come close to, to almost be (to be very similar)
    Was geschehen ist grenzt an ein Wunder.What has happened is almost a miracle.

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • grenzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • grenzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • grenzen” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Verb

grenzen (third-person singular present grenzt, past participle gegrenzt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to border

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive grenzen
participle gegrenzt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular grenzen
2nd singular grenz grenz
3rd singular grenzt
1st plural grenzen
2nd plural grenzt grenzt
3rd plural grenzen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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