gegen

/\ˈɡeː.ɡən\/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,344

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gegen is aFrenchprep. It means: Contre (en opposition à). Pronounced \ˈɡeː.ɡən\.

Key facts for gegen
PropertyValue
Headwordgegen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPrep
IPA\ˈɡeː.ɡən\
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,344
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gegen in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gegen is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈɡeː.ɡən\. Corpus data places it at rank #79,344 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for gegen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gegen, spelled G-E-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contre (en opposition à).
  2. 2
    Introduit la compensation, la contrepartie.
  3. 3
    Contre (auprès de).
  4. 4
    Vers, autour de (un moment, dans le sens temporel).
  5. 5
    Contre, en direction de, caractérise une position.
  6. 6
    Sur, dans le contexte de fenêtres ou portes qui donnent sur une direction.
  7. 7
    Contre, en direction de, caractérise un mouvement.
  8. 8
    Contre, en relation à un autre élément.
  9. 9
    Contre, caractérise un toucher.
  10. 10
    Contre, indique une opposition hostile.
  11. 11
    Contre, indique une relation amicale ou respectueuse.
  12. 12
    Contre, indique une protection ou prévention.
  13. 13
    En comparaison avec.
  14. 14
    Contre, indique un échange.
  15. 15
    À peu près.
  16. 16
    Environ, à peu près, autour de.
  17. 17
    Envers.

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Frequency rank: #79,344 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gegen"?
"gegen" is spelled G-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɡeː.ɡən\.
What does "gegen" mean?
As a prep, "gegen" means: Contre (en opposition à).
How do you pronounce "gegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gegen" is \ˈɡeː.ɡən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gegen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.