jegens

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jegen, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), with unetymological -s from Old Dutch gegin, from Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. See also tegen.

Cognate with Middle Low German jegen.

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Preposition

jegens

  1. against, in competition with
  2. (dated) towards, for the purpose of

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