"gegen" meaning in German

See gegen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /ˈɡe.ɡən/, [ˈɡeː.ɡn̩], [ˈɡeː.ɡŋ̍] Audio: De-gegen.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gegen [error-unrecognized-form], wogegen [error-unrecognized-form], dagegen [error-unrecognized-form], hiergegen [error-unrecognized-form]
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 Synonyms: wider
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-pxjj6a76 Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 10 8 14 22 21
  2. toward (i.e. directed to someone/something)
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-HiZoJBai Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 10 8 14 22 21
  3. toward (i.e. in the direction of)
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-RxFIIr64 Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 10 8 14 22 21
  4. approximately, around
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-iuL5Hlcf
  5. in exchange for
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-dbRjowuT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German prepositions, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 1 0 71 16 9 Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 10 8 14 22 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 2 1 0 78 11 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 1 0 87 6 4
  6. facing
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-sxnGF3Sw Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 10 8 14 22 21
  7. compare to
    Sense id: en-gegen-de-prep-GwFPTkYH Categories (other): German prepositions Disambiguation of German prepositions: 12 13 10 8 14 22 21
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡe.ɡən/"
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Download raw JSONL data for gegen meaning in German (3.7kB)

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}

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{
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: '+ hier-'",
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