Gegengift
German, noun/ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌɡɪft/
Gegengift is spelled G-E-G-E-N-G-I-F-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gegengift is a German neuter noun meaning “antidote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann”.
What does Gegengift mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterantidote
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gegengift
- Gegengifts genitive
- Gegengifte plural
- Gegengiften dative definite plural
- Gegengiftes genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gegengift?
- /ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌɡɪft/
- [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌɡɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gegengift
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gegengift in German?
Gegengift appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).