German word

Landesgrenze

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈlandəsˌgʁɛntsə/

Meaning

  • feminine nounstate border

Example

An der Landesgrenze kontrollieren Polizisten die Papiere.

At the state border, police officers check people's papers.

Illustration for Landesgrenze (state border)

More examples

Viele Pendler überschreiten täglich die Landesgrenze.

Many commuters cross the state border daily.

Core concept

A legal dividing line between adjacent administrative states under the same national government.

Common phrases

  • entlang der Landesgrenze

    along the state border

  • Landesgrenze überschreiten

    cross the state border

  • auf beiden Seiten der Landesgrenze

    on either side of the state border

Similar words

Grenze: A dividing line between separate regions or territories.
Staatsgrenze: A border between two sovereign countries.
Ländergrenze: A dividing line between neighboring states of the same country.

Definition in German

Landesgrenze bezeichnet die Grenze zwischen zwei Bundesländern innerhalb eines Staates.

Word origin

Landesgrenze developed transparently from Land, here meaning a constituent state, and Grenze, a word borrowed from Slavic through German.

Usage tips

  • In An der Landesgrenze, an der is dative because an marks a location at the boundary.

Opposites

  • Grenzenlosigkeitabsence of bordersnoun

Related words

  • Landesgrenzenüberschreitungstate-border crossingnoun
  • landesgrenzenüberschreitendcross-borderadjective

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