entgegenkommen

German

Etymology

entgegen- +‎ kommen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛntˈɡeːɡənˌkɔmən]
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  • Hyphenation: ent‧ge‧gen‧kom‧men

Verb

entgegenkommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt entgegen, past tense kam entgegen, past participle entgegengekommen, past subjunctive käme entgegen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to come towards the face of something or somebody
  2. (figuratively) to accommodate (a request)
    sich gegenseitig auf halbem Weg entgegenkommen ― to meet each other half way

Conjugation

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