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gegen

versus

Meaning of gegen

against in a competition or legal case

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German/ˈɡeːɡn̩/
versus
gegen - versus
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gegen with Korean translation

gegen usage examples

🇰🇷Korean🇩🇪German

Das Team spielte heute gegen Berlin.

🇰🇷Korean🇩🇪German

Der Fall Müller gegen die Stadt wurde entschieden.

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gegen
in안에
auf위에
über위에
unter아래에
vor전에
nach후에

gegen synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between gegen / entgegen / wider / für / mit / neben

E
🇩🇪German
entgegen

Means “toward” or “in opposition to”; it is not the usual match for legal or competitive “against,” but rather for movement or resistance.

B2Often
W
🇩🇪German
wider

An old-fashioned or literary word meaning “against” or “in opposition to”; it is rare in modern usage and sounds formal or archaic.

B2Rarely
F
🇩🇪German
für

Usually means “for” or “in favor of,” not “against”; it can be contrasted with “gegen” in debates, but it is actually an antonym, not a synonym.

B2Very Often
M
🇩🇪German
mit

Usually means “with” and expresses accompaniment or togetherness; it does not convey “against” and is generally not a close synonym.

B2Very Often
N
🇩🇪German
neben

Means “next to,” “beside,” or “in addition to”; it does not express opposition or competition, so it is not a synonym of “gegen.”

B2Very Often

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How to pronounce gegen and what this word means

gegen means versus. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce gegen

/ˈɡeːɡn̩/

gegen translation

versus

gegen examples

Das Team spielte heute gegen Berlin.

gegen transcription

/ˈɡeːɡn̩/

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gegen meaning: what does it mean?

gegenüber in einem Wettbewerb oder Rechtsfall

gegen pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

gegen is pronounced as /ˈɡeːɡn̩/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

gegen definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Das Team spielte heute gegen Berlin. Translation: Сегодня команда играла против Берлина.

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