begegnen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German begegenen, begagenen, from Old High German bigaganen, with prefix from Proto-West Germanic *gaginijan, from Proto-Germanic *gaginjaną; equivalent to be- +‎ gegnen (“encounter”) +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch bejegenen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɡeː.ɡnən/ (prescriptive standard) IPA(key): /bəˈɡeːk.nən/ (most common) IPA(key): /beˈɡ̥eːɡ̥nɛn/ (Austria) IPA(key): /bəˈɡeːç.nən/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial) === Verb === begegnen (weak, third-person singular present begegnet, past tense begegnete, past participle begegnet, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) [with dative ‘someone/something’] meet, to encounter, to come across [with dative ‘someone/something’] Ich bin dem Lehrer in der Pause begegnet. ― I encountered/met the teacher during the break. to face, to confront [with dative ‘someone/something’] Synonym: entgegentreten to counter, to respond to [with dative ‘fate,danger, etc.’] to handle [with dative ‘bad news, bad prospects, etc.’] Synonyms: entgegenwirken, reagieren ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “begegnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “begegnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “begegnen” in Duden online “begegnen” in OpenThesaurus.de