zusammen
See also: zusammen-
German
Etymology
From Middle High German zesamene, zesamne, zesamen (“together”), from Old High German zisamane (“together”). From zu- (“to”) + sammen (“together”) (these days, sammen is only found in compounds), form Proto-Germanic *samana (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Cognate with Middle English to-samen (“together”). Related to obsolete English sam (“together”), whose earlier form was samen.
Dutch tezamen (“together”) has been formed in a similar fashion, with its contracted form being samen and its ancestral form tsamen. Also cognate with Scots samin (“together”), Danish sammen (“together”), Swedish samman (“together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsuˈzamən/, [tsuˈzamən], [tsuˈzamm̩] (standard)
- IPA(key): /tsəˈzamən/ (colloquial variant)
- IPA(key): /ˈtsam(ən)/ (colloquial in Bavaria, Austria)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: zu‧sam‧men
Adverb
zusammen
- together
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 526:
- Trotz all dieser Bitternisse war es noch ein wunderbar schöner Sommer, den die drei Freunde zusammen verlebten.
- Despite all these bitter feelings, it was yet a wonderfully beautiful summer, which the three friends spent together.
- Trotz all dieser Bitternisse war es noch ein wunderbar schöner Sommer, den die drei Freunde zusammen verlebten.
- 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 526:
Synonyms
- (all restricted to certain contexts)
- beieinander
- gemeinsam
- miteinander
- vereint
- zueinander
Antonyms
Derived terms
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Further reading
- zusammen in Duden online
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