"Grenzfall" meaning in German

See Grenzfall in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɡʁɛntsfal] Audio: De-Grenzfall.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Grenze + Fall Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Grenze|Fall}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "border", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Old Polish", "term" : "granica", "lang" : "zlw-opl" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "grenize", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Grenze", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Fall", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Grenzfall", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Grenzfall">, {{compound|de|Grenze|Fall}} Grenze + Fall Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Grenzfall m (strong, genitive Grenzfalles or Grenzfalls, plural Grenzfälle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Grenzfalles [genitive], Grenzfalls [genitive], Grenzfälle [plural], strong [table-tags], Grenzfall [nominative, singular], Grenzfälle [definite, nominative, plural], Grenzfalles [genitive, singular], Grenzfalls [genitive, singular], Grenzfälle [definite, genitive, plural], Grenzfall [dative, singular], Grenzfalle [dative, singular], Grenzfällen [dative, definite, plural], Grenzfall [accusative, singular], Grenzfälle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. borderline case Tags: masculine, strong

Inflected forms

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