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Frau Hilde erzählt den Kindern von ihrer ersten Begegnung mit einem Fernseher. Frau Hilde tells the children about her first encounter with a television.

noun · C1

die Begegnung

[bəˈɡeːɡnʊŋ]

encounter, meeting

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Grammar

Plural
die Begegnungen In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Begegnung. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Begegnung die Begegnungen
Accusative wen? was? die Begegnung die Begegnungen
Dative wem? der Begegnung den Begegnungen
Frau Hilde erzählt den Kindern von ihrer ersten Begegnung mit einem Fernseher. Frau Hilde tells the children about her first encounter with a television.
Genitive wessen? der Begegnung der Begegnungen

How the Word Is Built

Be prefix gegn root ung suffix

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

begegnengegenentgegen

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde brings the generations together

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