verb
to come towards, to meet someone halfway, to accommodate
B1
entgegenkommen — to come towards; to meet someone halfway; to accommodate. Separable verb (entgegenkommen), but Perfekt uses sein: ist entgegengekommen (motion sense). Strong irregular (kommen–kam–gekommen pattern). Often used with a dative object (jemandem entgegenkommen). Mostly intransitive; passive forms are not common or not applicable.
Examples
Er kam mir entgegen.
He came toward me.
Die Firma war bereit, den Kunden in seiner Bitte entgegenzukommen.
The company was willing to accommodate the customer in their request.
Wir sollten dem Vorschlag zumindest ein wenig entgegenkommen und einen Kompromiss finden.
We should at least meet the proposal halfway and find a compromise.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture someone walking toward you down a path, meeting you halfway.
entgegen- + kommen = 'enter + come' -> come toward.
Notes
Often takes a dative object (jemandem entgegenkommen). The prefix 'entgegen' is separable in main clauses (Ich komme dir entgegen). Perfect tense uses the auxiliary 'sein' (ist entgegengekommen). | Intransitive verb; passive forms are not applicable.