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Preposition [German]

IPA: /ˈɡe.ɡən/, [ˈɡeː.ɡn̩], [ˈɡeː.ɡŋ̍] Audio: De-gegen.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle High German gegen, from Old High German gagan, from Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Cognate with Dutch tegen, English against, Icelandic gegn. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|de|gmh|gegen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle High German gegen, {{inh+|de|gmh|gegen}} Inherited from Middle High German gegen, {{inh|de|goh|gagan}} Old High German gagan, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*gagin}} Proto-West Germanic *gagin, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*gagin}} Proto-Germanic *gagin, {{cog|nl|tegen}} Dutch tegen, {{cog|en|against}} English against, {{cog|is|gegn}} Icelandic gegn Head templates: {{head|de|preposition}} gegen
  1. against Tags: with-accusative Synonyms: wider
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-pxjj6a76 Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 11 9 9 23 22
  2. toward (i.e. directed to someone/something) Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-HiZoJBai Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 11 9 9 23 22
  3. toward (i.e. in the direction of) Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-RxFIIr64 Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 11 9 9 23 22
  4. approximately, around Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-iuL5Hlcf
  5. in exchange for Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-dbRjowuT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 1 0 68 18 9
  6. facing Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-sxnGF3Sw Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 11 9 9 23 22
  7. compare to Tags: with-accusative
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-GwFPTkYH Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 11 9 9 23 22

Preposition [Middle High German]

Etymology: Inherited from Old High German gagan, gagen, gegin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|gmh|goh|gagan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old High German gagan, {{inh+|gmh|goh|gagan}} Inherited from Old High German gagan Head templates: {{head|gmh|preposition}} gegen
  1. against Tags: sometimes, with-accusative, with-dative Synonyms: gagen, jegen, gein, gēn [contraction]
    Sense id: en-gegen-gmh-prep-pxjj6a76 Categories (other): Middle High German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German prepositions

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