gegenüber

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German

Etymology

gegen +‎ über

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ge‧gen‧über
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Preposition

gegenüber

  1. opposite
  2. to, toward, towards
    • 1917, Franz Kafka, Ein Landarzt, in: Die neue Dichtung. Ein Almanach, Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 21:
      Schlecht gezahlt, bin ich doch freigebig und hilfsbereit gegenüber den Armen.
      Badly paid, I am still generous and helpful toward the poor.
  3. compared to
  4. vis-à-vis, in dealings with, in dealing with, towards

Postposition

gegenüber

  1. opposite
    Die Bank liegt dem Bahnhof gegenüber.
    The bank is located across from the railroad station.
  2. to, toward, towards
  3. compared to
  4. vis-à-vis, in dealings with, in dealing with, towards

Usage notes

Always used as a postposition with pronouns (e.g. mir gegenüber but not *gegenüber mir), but may be used as a preposition or a postposition with other nouns.

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Adverb

gegenüber

  1. on the opposite side

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