gegenüberstehen

B2 Verb frequency rank #10,048

What gegenüberstehen means

Verb

to face, to stand face-to-face with
to contradict each other (e.g. of viewpoints)
to face each other, to play against each other
to contrast

Forms

gegenüberstehen · steht gegenüber · stand gegenüber · hat gegenübergestanden (+ Dativ)

Pronunciation

gegenüberstehen in a sentence

Niemand möchte einem wütenden Hund gegenüberstehen.

Nobody wants to come face to face with an angry dog.

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gegenüberstehen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #10,048 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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