gegen

against, around

The 63rd most frequent word in German, appearing about 1,498 times per million words.

Type

preposition

Frequency rank

#63

Per million words

1,498

In a sentence

Which case does it take?

Always takes the accusative.

Related words

Other words of the same kind, at nearby frequency:

• bis until, up to
• unter under, among
• durch through
• ab from, as of
• seit since, for
• über over, about

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