zusammen

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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] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
  • IPA(key): /tsəˈzamən/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "colloquial variant" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsam(ən)/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "colloquial in Bavaria, Austria" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
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  • Hyphenation: zu‧sam‧men

Adverb

zusammen

  1. together, jointly
    • 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.

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