jegens
Meaning
- against, in competition with
- (dated) towards, for the purpose of
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From Middle Dutch jegen, jegens, with unetymological -s from Old Dutch gegin, from Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. See also tegen. Cognate with Middle Low German jegen.
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