gegen

Sentences
An user
Wer   traut   sich ,  eine   Runde   gegen   mich   zu   spielen ?

Who dares to play a round against me?

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An user
Warum   waren   wir   seinerzeit   gegen   den   Euro
💶
 ?

Why were we against the euro at the time?

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An user
Nationalhelden  kämpfen   nun   mal   normalerweise   gegen   ihre   Nachbarn .

National heroes usually fight against their neighbours.

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Die   Athener   waren   nämlich   empört ,  dass   eine   Frau
👩
   es   wagte ,  gegen   sie
👩
   zu   kämpfen .

The Athenians were outraged that a woman dared to fight them.

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Während   des  Black-Hawk-Krieges  kämpfte  Hempstead  gegen   die   Indianer
🇮🇳/🇮🇴
 .

During the Black Hawk War, Hempstead fought the Indians.

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Impfungen   gegen   Blattern   folgten .

Vaccinations against leaves followed.

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Meaning

  1. against
  2. toward (i.e. directed to someone/something)
  3. toward (i.e. in the direction of)
  4. approximately, around
  5. in exchange for
  6. facing
  7. compare to
  8. for

Concepts

against
versus
toward
for
towards
into
at
about
to
per
with
contrary to
in order to

compared with

contra
each
in

in regard to

inside
in spite of

maugre

near
next to
notwithstanding
on
🔛
oncoming
onto

opposite to

roughly

round about

contrast with

two-way
upon
widdershins
withershins

near to

set off against

counter-
contraclockwise
moonwise
against
all
against
a
🅰️
aboard
alongside
an
apiece
approximately
around
Synonyms

wider
C2
gegenüber
B1
an
A1
🔛
etwa
A1
zu
A1
ungefähr
B1
nach
A1
zirka
25k
um
A1
annähernd
C1
für
A1
bei
A1
umher
C1
auf
A1
in
A1

kontra

nach … hin

auf … zu

anti

entgegen
B2

vs.

über den Daumen

um zu

rund
B2
wie
A1
dagegen
A2
vor
A1

contra

im Vergleich mit

vielleicht
A1

versus

mit
A1
circa
C2
ca.
C1

in Richtung

an die

so um die

à
um den Dreh
angesichts
B2
entgegengesetzt
fügsam
gefühlt
B2
Gen
C1
geschätzt
C2
gleichwie
hin
A1
Hindernis
C1
hinsichtlich
C2
je
A1
Translations

tegen
contre
contro
contra
contra
hacia
met
karşı
para
op
🆙
naar
jegens
cap a
ad
Frequency

A1
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

geg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fir

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

geege

Graubünden

Graubünden

geg

Graubünden

Graubünden

gega

Zürich

Zürich

geg

Zürich

Zürich

gege

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡe.ɡən/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
gegen
Inherited from Old High German
gagan
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
tegen
Cognate with English
English
against
Cognate with Icelandic
gegn
In summary

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.

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