grens

grens

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gren

• gerns

• IPA^(key): /χrɛns/

From Dutch grens, from Middle Low German grense, grenitse and/or German Grenze, both ultimately from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica.

grens (plural grense)

1. border, frontier
2. limit

From Dutch grenzen.

grens (present grens, present participle grensende, past participle gegrens)

1. (intransitive) to border

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grens (present grens, present participle grensende, past participle gegrens)

1. to wail, to weep

grens c

1. indefinite genitive singular of gren

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɛns/

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• Hyphenation: grens
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Borrowed in the 16th century from Middle Low German grense, grenitse and/or German Grenze, both ultimately from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica.

grens f (plural grenzen, diminutive grensje n)

1. physical, territorial border, frontier
2. boundary, limit, threshold

• Afrikaans: grens

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grens

1. inflection of grenzen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

grens

1. imperative of grense

grens

1. indefinite genitive singular of gren

• regns

grens

1. nominative plural of gren