English-Danish translations for dividing line

• skillelinje
  Der skal ikke skabes en ny skillelinje. There must be no new dividing lines created.
  Et forenet Europa uden tidligere tiders skillelinjer er det ultimative mål. A unified Europe, without the dividing lines of the past, is the ultimate objective.
  Middelhavet skal ikke være en kulturel skillelinje, men et mødested. The Mediterranean must not be a cultural dividing line but a meeting place.
• grænse
  Jeg ved, det er lidt kunstigt at fastlægge den grænse, men på et eller andet tidspunkt skal det gøres. I know that it is a rather artificial exercise to establish such a dividing line, but I have to draw it somewhere.
  Den grænse, hvor spændingerne opstår i øjeblikket, er netop grænsen mellem de forskellige kulturer, og den skal vi nedbryde. The dividing line between our different cultures is precisely where tensions are running high at the moment, and this is a barrier we have to tear down.
  Man skal derfor ikke undre sig over den uudslettelige grænse, der adskiller det individuelle ansvar fra det kollektive ansvar eller Fællesskabets ansvar fra regeringernes ansvar. So it is not surprising that there is a sharp dividing line between collective and individual responsibility, and between Community and governmental responsibility.

Definition of dividing line

• a line, often invisible, which marks the boundary between two areas

Examples

• the dividing lines between political parties

Related words

• dividing
• dividing wall
• dividing up of land