אַנטקעגן

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German engegen, from Old High German ingegin. Compare German entgegen.

Preposition

אַנטקעגן • (antkegn)

1. against
2. opposite, facing, across from
3. opposed to, compared to, in comparison with
   • 2020 April 24, Mikhail Krutikov, “װי פּאָליטיש זײַנען ייִדישע לימודים?”, in Forverts:

     אין סאָװעטן־פֿאַרבאַנד איז ייִדיש דערקלערט געװאָרן ווי „די‟ ייִדישע שפּראַך, אַנטקעגן העברעיִש, װאָס איז געװאָרן טריף־פּסול װי די שפּראַך פֿון רעליגיע און ציוניזם.

     in sovetn-farband iz yidish derklert gevorn vi „di‟ yidishe shprakh, antkegn hebreish, vos iz gevorn treyf-posl vi di shprakh fun religye un tsienizm.

     In the Soviet Union Yiddish was declared to be "the" Jewish language, opposed to Hebrew, which became unkosher as the language of religion and Zionism.

4. as for, about, concerning, with respect to
5. versus

Adverb

אַנטקעגן • (antkegn)

1. in opposition
2. on the other side
3. in return