entgegn
Entgegn is not a standard lexical item in German or English. The term most closely corresponds to the German verb entgegnen, meaning to answer or retort, and to the noun Entgegnung, meaning a reply or rejoinder. The form entgegn without the -ung is not listed in major dictionaries and is typically regarded as a misspelling, truncation, or a coined variant rather than a fixed term. In German, the related preposition entgegen is a separate word with different usage.
In scholarly or encyclopedic writing, entgegn may occasionally appear as a typographical error or in discussions
Etymology and usage notes: the likely influence comes from the German prefixes ent- and the root gegen-,