grense

Afrikaans

Noun

grense

1. plural of grens

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Grenze, from Proto-Slavic *granica (“boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

grense f or m (definite singular grensa or grensen, indefinite plural grenser, definite plural grensene)

1. a border (the line or frontier area separating regions)
2. a boundary
3. a limit

Derived terms

• aldersgrense
• fartsgrense
• fylkesgrense
• grensehandel
• grenseland
• grenselaus
• grenseløs
• grenseområde
• grenseovergang
• grensesnitt
• grensestolpe
• grensetvist
• kommunegrense
• landegrense
• riksgrense
• skoggrense
• snøgrense
• svenskegrense
• tregrense
• tålegrense

Verb

grense (imperative grens, present tense grenser, passive grenses, simple past and past participle grensa or grenset, present participle grensende)

1. to adjoin (something)
2. to border (til / on, onto)

Derived terms

• avgrense
• tilgrensende

References

• “grense” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• grensa (of verb)

Etymology

From German Grenze, from Proto-Slavic *granica (“boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡrɛnsə/

Noun

grense f (definite singular grensa, indefinite plural grenser, definite plural grensene)

1. a border (the line or frontier area separating regions)
2. a boundary
3. a limit

Derived terms

• aldersgrense
• fartsgrense
• fylkesgrense
• grensehandel
• grenseland
• grenselaus
• grenseområde
• grenseovergang
• grensesnitt
• grensestolpe
• grensetvist
• kommunegrense
• landegrense
• riksgrense
• skoggrense
• snøgrense
• svenskegrense
• tregrense

Verb

grense (present tense grensar, past tense grensa, past participle grensa, passive infinitive grensast, present participle grensande, imperative grense/grens)

1. to adjoin (something)
2. to border (til / on, onto)

Derived terms

• avgrense

References

• “grense” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.