zusammen-
See also: zusammen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]zusammen in compounds.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]zusammen- (separable verb prefix)
- expresses being together; together
- zusammen- + leben (“to live”) → zusammenleben (“to live together”)
- zusammen- + bleiben (“to stay”) → zusammenbleiben (“to stay together”)
- zusammen- + sitzen (“to sit”) → zusammensitzen (“to sit together”)
- expresses uniting, unifying, gathering; together
- zusammen- + fließen (“to flow”) → zusammenfließen (“to flow together, to confluence”)
- zusammen- + kommen (“to come”) → zusammenkommen (“to come together, to gather”)
- zusammen- + führen (“to come”) → zusammenführen (“to bring together, to consolidate, to merge”)
- expresses combining, joining; together
- zusammen- + binden (“to bind”) → zusammenbinden (“to bind together”)
- zusammen- + drücken (“to press, to push, to squeeze”) → zusammendrücken (“to press together”)
- zusammen- + schweißen (“to weld”) → zusammenschweißen (“to weld together”)
- expresses reducing, compressing; often translatable as up
- zusammen- + drücken (“to press, to push, to squeeze”) → zusammendrücken (“to compress, to scrunch”)
- zusammen- + rollen (“to roll”) → zusammenrollen (“to roll up”)
- zusammen- + schrumpfen (“to shrink”) → zusammenschrumpfen (“to shrink up”)
- expresses collecting, gathering, compiling, often translatable as up
- zusammen- + tragen (“to carry”) → zusammentragen (“to gather up, to collect, to compile, to amass”)
- zusammen- + sparen (“to save (money)”) → zusammensparen (“to save up”)
- zusammen- + zählen (“to count”) → zusammenzählen (“to add up, to tally up”)
- expresses incompetence or sloppiness; often translatable as together or up
- zusammen- + schustern (“to cobble”) → zusammenschustern (“to cobble something together”)
- zusammen- + basteln (“to do handicrafts”) → zusammenbasteln (“to knock something together”)
- zusammen- + reden (“to talk”) → zusammenreden (“to talk drivel”)
- expresses a sudden movement of a person
- zusammen- + zucken (“to twitch, to jerk”) → zusammenzucken (“to wince, to flinch”)
- expresses a downward movement; often translatable as down:
- expresses collapsing of an object
- zusammen- + brechen (“to break”) → zusammenbrechen (“to collapse, to cave in”)
- zusammen- + sinken (“to sink”) → zusammensinken (“to collapse, to sink down”)
- expresses collapsing of a person
- zusammen- + brechen (“to break”) → zusammenbrechen (“to break down, to collapse”)
- zusammen- + sacken (“to sink”) → zusammensacken (“to slump down”)
- expresses making someone go down or breaking something
- zusammen- + schlagen (“to beat”) → zusammenschlagen (“to beat someone up”)
- zusammen- + schlagen (“to beat”) → zusammenschlagen (“to smash something up”)
- zusammen- + schießen (“to shoot”) → zusammenschießen (“to gun someone down”)
- expresses collapsing of an object