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German
Etymology
entgegnen + -ung
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛntˈɡeːɡnʊŋ/
- Hyphenation: Ent‧geg‧nung
Noun
Entgegnung f (genitive Entgegnung, plural Entgegnungen)
- reply, riposte
- Synonym: Erwiderung
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:Nur mit Bedauern merkte er aber an dem gespannten Blick des offenbar auf alle Entgegnungen gefaßten Fabrikanten, daß die geschäftliche Besprechung fortgesetzt werden müsse.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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