Verb

entgegnen

Translation

to reply, to retort, to counter, to answer

Er entgegnete, dass er keine Zeit habe.

He replied that he had no time.

Was soll ich darauf entgegnen?

What should I reply to that?

„Das stimmt nicht!“, entgegnete sie.

'That's not true!', she retorted.

((j-m)) ((et4)) entgegnen to reply sth. to sb. He replied to me that he had no time.

((auf+4)) entgegnen to reply to sth. She replied to the criticism.

antworten (to answer), erwidern (to retort); Antonyms: fragen (to ask), schweigen (to be silent)

From `entgegen` (against, toward). The sense is to 'meet' a statement with a reply.

Think of it as countering someone's statement. You meet (`begegnen`) their point with your reply (`entgegnen`).