entgegen

Meaning

Adv

against

Postp

toward

Concepts

contrary to

against

vice

coming

in the opposite direction

orthogonally

toward

towards

approaching

Synonyms

gegen

dagegen

anti

versus

wider

kontra

vs.

ungeachtet

in die entgegengesetzte Richtung

advers

contra

im Widerspruch zu

trotz

zum Trotz

entgegengesetzt

nahe

senkrecht

unbeschadet

Translations

incontro

uit de weg gaan

aykırı

evitare

karşı

perpendiculairement

contrairement à

éviter

contro

à rencontre de quelqu'un

à la rencontre

verso

a perpendicolo

au-devant de

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

entgeege

Basel-Landschaft

ergeege

Basel-Landschaft

etgeege

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ʔɛntˈɡeːɡŋ̩]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: engegen

Inherited from Old High German: ingegin

Cognate with Old English: onġean

Cognate with English: again

Cognate with Middle Dutch: entegen

Cognate with Dutch: entegen

Cognate with Old Saxon: angegin

Cognate with Yiddish: אַנטקעגן

In summary

From Middle High German engegen, from Old High German ingegin, ingagan, from Proto-West Germanic *andagagin. Compare Old English onġean (English again), Middle Dutch entegen (Dutch entegen), Old Saxon angegin, Yiddish אַנטקעגן (antkegn).