Grenz

Grenz (plural Grenzes)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grenz is the 24012^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1050 individuals. Grenz is most common among White (94.86%) individuals.

• grenz ray

Inherited from Middle High German grenize, borrowed from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica, from *granь + *-ica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥re̞nd̥s/

Grenz f (plural Grenzn, diminutive Grenzerl)

1. border, frontier

Inherited from Middle High German grenize, borrowed from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica, from *granь + *-ica.^[1]

Cognate with Luxembourgish Grenz and German Grenze.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛnt͡s/, /ˈkrɛns/
• Rhymes: -ɛnts, -ɛns
• Syllabification: Grenz
• Homophone: Krenz

Grenz f (plural Grenze, diminutive Grenzje)

1. border; frontier
   • 2021, Piter Kehoma Boll, “Grenz”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 70, column 1:

     Sie wohne nevich de Grenz […]

     They live next to the border.

Inherited from Middle High German grenize, borrowed from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica, from *granь + *-ica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁænt͡s/

Grenz f (plural Grenzen)

1. border, frontier