German edit

Etymology edit

entgegen- +‎ kommen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛntˈɡeːɡənˌkɔmən]
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  • Hyphenation: ent‧ge‧gen‧kom‧men

Verb edit

entgegenkommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt entgegen, past tense kam entgegen, past participle entgegengekommen, past subjunctive käme entgegen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to come towards the face of something or somebody
  2. (figuratively) to accommodate (a request)
    sich gegenseitig auf halbem Weg entgegenkommento meet each other half way

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