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”) (in Modern German, sammen is only found in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“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): /tsuˈsamɛn/ (Bavaria, Austria)
IPA^(key): /ˈtsam(ɛn)/ (colloquial in Bavaria, Austria)
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Hyphenation: zu‧sam‧men

Adverb

zusammen

together, jointly
Antonyms: getrennt, gegeneinander

Zusammen bilden wir ein gutes Team. ― Together we make a good team.
- 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.

Usage notes

Unlike the English "together", zusammen does not imply "with me" in an invitation. In this situation one might use mit mir instead.

Synonyms

(all restricted to certain contexts)

Derived terms

see zusammen-

Adjective

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zusammen (indeclinable, predicative only)

together, in the same place
Synonym: beieinander
(informal) in a romantic relationship with each other
Synonym: in einer Beziehung