Gunst

From Middle High German gunst, from Old High German unst, from Proto-West Germanic *unsti.

Cognate with Luxembourgish Gonscht, Dutch gunst, Swedish ynnest; related to the verb gönnen.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊnst/
• Rhymes: -ʊnst

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1. favor

   Synonym: Gnade

   Antonyms: Ungunst, Ungeneigtheit, Ungnade

• The plural Gunsten is used in the fixed expression:

  zu jemandes Gunsten ― in someone's favor

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• Note also Gunsten, Günste

• “Gunst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gunst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Gunst” in Duden online
• Gunst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Gunst” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.