entgegen

== German == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʔɛntˈɡeːɡŋ̩], [ʔɛntˈɡeːɡən] === Adverb === entgegen against ==== Derived terms ==== entgegen- === Postposition === entgegen [with dative] toward Das Kind läuft der Mutter entgegen : The child runs toward the mother. === Further reading === “entgegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “entgegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon