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noun(lit. or fig.) Grenze, die* * *1) (a boundary between countries: We crossed the frontier; ( also adjective) a frontier town.) die Grenze, Grenz-...2) (the farthest area of land on which people live and work, before the country becomes wild and deserted: Many families went to make a new life on the frontier.) das Grenzgebiet3) (the limits or boundaries (of knowledge etc): the frontiers of scientific knowledge.) die Grenze* * *fron·tier[frʌnˈtɪəʳ, AM -ˈtɪr]ninternal \frontier Binnengrenze f▪ the \frontier das Grenzland* * *[frʌn'tɪə(r)]nGrenze f, Landesgrenze f; (= boundary area) Grenzgebiet nt; (fig, of knowledge) Grenze f* * *A s1. (Landes)Grenze f:on the frontier an der Grenze;have frontiers with angrenzen an (akk)2. US HIST Grenzland n, Gebiet n an der Siedlungsgrenze, Grenze f (zum Wilden Westen)3. figa) Grenze f:the frontiers of drama and melodrama are vague die Grenzen zwischen Drama und Melodrama sind fließend;the frontiers of physics have been pushed back ( oder outwards) auf dem Gebiet der Physik ist Neuland erschlossen wordenb) Grenzbereich m:on the frontiers of modern science in den Grenzbereichen der modernen WissenschaftB adj1. Grenz…:frontier dispute Grenzstreitigkeiten pl;a) Grenzstadt f,b) US HIST (neu gegründete) Stadt an der Siedlungsgrenze;frontier worker Grenzgänger(in)2. fig bahnbrechend, Pionier…:frontier research bahnbrechende Forschungsarbeit* * *noun(lit. or fig.) Grenze, die* * *n.Grenze -n f.Landesgrenze f.
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