géint

See also: geint

Luxembourgish

Etymology

With paragogic -t (as in several prepositions) from Middle High German gegen, from Old High German gagan, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Cognate with German gegen, Icelandic gegn, Dutch tegen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡei̯nt/, [ɡɜɪ̯nt]

Preposition

géint

  1. against
  2. about (a certain time)
  3. compared to, compared with

Derived terms

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