1. contrary to ("entgegen+Dative" - sounds pretty formal and you don't hear it much in daily life)
2. toward (This is used as an adverb or prefix, and comes AFTER the location, for example: "der Sonne (Dative) entgegen")
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A fun look at the meaning of "gegen" and why its many useful related words sometimes seem to have contradictory meanings.
Vocab:
gegen, entgegen, dagegen, gegenseitig, der Gegner, begegnen, der Gegenstand, gegenüber, die Gegend, entgegnen
