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German
Etymology
From Middle High German engegen, from Old High German ingegin, from Proto-West Germanic . Compare Old English onġean (English again), Middle Dutch entegen (Dutch entegen), Old Saxon angegin, Yiddish אַנטקעגן (antkegn).
Pronunciation
Adverb
entgegen
- against
Derived terms
Postposition
entgegen
- toward
- Das Kind läuft der Mutter entgegen : The child runs toward the mother.
Further reading
- “entgegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “entgegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon