Dictionary > zusammen verbs
- hat zusammengearbeitetarbeitete zusammensee details >1.
- to work together
- (In the sense of working as a team, not just working at the same place.)
- ist zusammengebrochenbrach zusammensee details >1.
- to collapse
- hat zusammengedrücktdrückte zusammensee details >1.
- to squeeze together
- hat zusammengefaltetfaltete zusammen1.
- to fold
- (Mainly used for paper. NOT for clothes, and also not for a folding chair. "zusammenklappen" is more fitting there.)
Opposite (closest): auseinanderfaltensee details >2.- to scold, to give someone a telling off
- (Colloquial term - think of me... uh... I mean, some manager berating an intern because the cappuccino is too hot. )
- hat zusammengehangenhing zusammensee details >1.
- to be linked, to be interdependent, to be connected to
- (Not for actual connections of cables. )
- hat zusammengeklapptklappte zusammensee details >1.
- to fold
- (Implies a rigid object like a table or a chair. Does NOT work for a map. That would be something with "falten".)
Opposite (closest): auseinanderklappen - ist zusammengekommenkam zusammensee details >1.
- to meet , to gather
- (fancy, festive)
- hat zusammengepasstpasste zusammensee details >1.
- to fit together
- (For two parts. And yes, that can be a human couple, as well.)
- hat zusammengerechnetrechnete zusammensee details >1.
- to sum up, to add up
- (Can also be "minus" - the core idea is that you combine a bunch of numbers through math.)
- hat zusammengerolltrollte zusammensee details >1.
- to roll up, to curl up
- (Needs a direct object, so if something or someone rolls up by themselves, it'll be "sich+Acc zusammenrollen")
- ist zusammengerücktrückte zusammensee details >1.
- to move closer together, to get closer as a group
- hat zusammengeschissenschiss zusammensee details >1.
- to scold, to tell off
- (Colloquial, strong word for scolding someone.)
- hat zusammengesetztsetzte zusammen1.
- to assemble
- (Primarily in the sense of assembling parts, but it can also work for a team.)
see details >2.- to sit down together
- ("sich+Acc zusammensetzen mit" - the act of sitting down, not the state of already sitting together.)
Opposite (closest): auseinandersetzen - hat zusammengestelltstellte zusammen1.
- to compile
- (For lists and similar things.)
see details >2.- to put together
- (Make two objects stand side by side. Not very common in that sense.)
- ist zusammengewachsenwuchs zusammensee details >1.
- to grow together
- (In the sense of growing into one. NOT for growing side by side. That would be "zusammen wachsen".)
- ist zusammengezogenzog zusammen1.
- to move together
- (In the sense of moving from separate apartments into a shared flat or house.)
see details >2.- to contract
- (For muscles and other elastic things. Needs a direct object, so if a muscle contracts, it'll "contract itself" - "sich+Acc zusammenziehen" )
- hat zusammengezucktzuckte zusammensee details >1.
- to wince, to cringe up, to jerk
- (It's a quick sudden motion combined with the idea of contracting. Think of someone chilling in their chair and then hearing a scary noise and tensing up.)
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