 | English | German  | |
| – | |
 | to encounter sb./sth. | 7212 jdm./etw. begegnen | |
| to face sth. [confront, e.g. fate, danger] | 1005 etw.Dat. begegnen [geh.] [entgegentreten] | |
| to meet sb. [by chance] | 708 jdm. begegnen | |
| to befall sb. | 94 jdm. begegnen [geh.] [widerfahren] | |
| to counter sth. | 77 etw.Dat. begegnen [auf eine Behauptung, ein Problem etc. in bestimmter Weise reagieren, etwa mit Skepsis, ablehnend] [geh.] | |
| to handle sth. [esp. bad news, prospects] | 37 etw.Dat. begegnen [geh.] [auf etw. reagieren, entgegenwirken] | |
| to occur | 31 begegnen [geh.] [veraltend] [vorkommen] | |
| to come across sth. [find by chance] | etw.Dat. begegnen [etw. antreffen, auf etw. stoßen] | |
| to respond to sth. [e.g. challenge] | etw.Dat. begegnen [geh.] [z. B. Herausforderung] | |
| to run across sb. | jdm. begegnen | |
| to come into contact with sb. [to meet by chance] | jdm. begegnen | |
| to occur to sb. [happen to sb.] | jdm. begegnen [geh.] [widerfahren, passieren] | |
| Nouns |
| meeting [encounter] | 59 Begegnen {n} | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to meet each other | einander begegnen | |
| to treat sb. (with sth.) | jdm. (mit etw.Dat.) begegnen [geh.] [jdn. behandeln] | |
| to come across sb. [meet by chance] | jdm. (zufällig) begegnen | |
| idiom to hit sb. below the belt | jdm. unfair begegnen | |
| to encounter sb. | jdm. unvermutet begegnen | |
| to bump into sb. | jdm. zufällig begegnen | |
| to chance on sb. | jdm. zufällig begegnen | |
| to run across sb. | jdm. zufällig begegnen | |
| to run into sb. [Am.] | jdm. zufällig begegnen | |
| to have a chance encounter with sb. | jdm. zufällig begegnen | |
| to come across sb./sth. | jdm./etw. (zufällig) begegnen | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| idiom to meet one's nemesis | dem Erzfeind begegnen | |
| to have a brush with the enemy | dem Feind begegnen | |
| to have a brush with death | dem Tod begegnen | |
| to meet with an obstacle | einem Hindernis begegnen | |
| to rise to a challenge | einer Herausforderung begegnen [geh.] | |
| to approach sth. with scepticism [Br.] | etw.Dat. mit Skepsis begegnen | |
| to treat sb. with respect | jdm. mit Respekt begegnen [geh.] | |
| to find a ready market | reger Nachfrage begegnen | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to meet hate with love | Hass mit Liebe begegnen | |
| to be cynical of sb./sth. [sneeringly distrustful] | jdm./etw. mit höhnischem Misstrauen begegnen | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| I had to go and meet him, of all people. | Gerade ihm musste ich begegnen. | |
| quote I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. [Winston Churchill] [also quoted as: I like pigs ...] | Ich mag Schweine. Hunde schauen zu uns auf, Katzen auf uns herab. Schweine begegnen uns auf Augenhöhe. | |
| on the chance of meeting him | um ihm möglicherweise zu begegnen | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| lit. F The Five People You Meet in Heaven [Mitch Albom] | Die fünf Menschen, die dir im Himmel begegnen | |
| film F Strangers When We Meet [Richard Quine] | Fremde, wenn wir uns begegnen | |
