German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German engegen, from Old High German ingegin, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Compare Old English onġean (English again), Middle Dutch entegen (Dutch entegen), Old Saxon angegin, Yiddish אַנטקעגן (antkegn).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛntˈɡeːɡŋ̩], [ʔɛntˈɡeːɡən]
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Adverb edit

entgegen

  1. against

Derived terms edit

Postposition edit

entgegen

  1. (with dative) toward
    Das Kind läuft der Mutter entgegen : The child runs toward the mother.

Further reading edit

  • entgegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • entgegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon