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begegnen: encounter — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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begegnen

encounter

to meet or come across a person or thing, often by chance

IPA/bəˈɡeːɡnən/

The second syllable carries the main stress.

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

to meet or come across a person or thing, often by chance

Gestern bin ich meinem alten Lehrer begegnet.

Auf der Reise begegneten wir vielen interessanten Menschen.

Bei der Arbeit sind uns ähnliche Probleme begegnet.

Begegnen takes the dative: meinem Lehrer, einer Kollegin, einem Problem.

jemandem begegnen — meet someone

Ich bin meinen Lehrer begegnet.

Ich bin meinem Lehrer begegnet.

Begegnen takes the dative.

Say jemandem begegnen, not jemanden begegnen.

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Which sentence is correct?

Begegnen is inseparable, forms the perfect with sein, and governs the dative: jemandem oder etwas begegnen.