Wiktionary

gegen

See also: gegen-

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Middle High German gegen, from Old High German gagan, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Cognate with Dutch tegen, English against, Icelandic gegn.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ɡən/, [ˈɡeː.ɡn̩], [ˈɡeː.ɡŋ̍]
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PrepositionEdit

gegen (+ accusative)

  1. against
    Synonym: wider
    Die Erklärung der Vereinten Nationen über die Beseitigung der Gewalt gegen Frauen.
    The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Usage notesEdit

  • Like its Middle High German predecessor, gegen was formerly also used with the dative, especially by Upper German writers. Compare entgegen, which still takes dative.

Further readingEdit

  • “gegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle High GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old High German gagan, gagen, gegin.

PrepositionEdit

gegen (+ dative, sometimes + accusative)

  1. against

DescendantsEdit

  • Alemannic German: gege
  • Cimbrian: ghéghen
  • German: gegen
  • Hunsrik: geghe
  • Yiddish: קעגן‎ (kegn)
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