sammeln

/ˈzamln̩/

verb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
sammelt
past
sammelte
perfect
hat gesammelt

Meaning

  1. to collect, to gather

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

versammeln

Sich versammeln is for people to gather together in one place; sammeln is to collect things (or, reflexively, to compose oneself).

Similar in other languages

English

accumulate

accumulate is the English word for the same thing — both mean "to collect, to gather."

Spanish

reunir

reunir is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to gather, to collect."

French

rassembler

sammeln is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to gather, to collect."

Practice

1 What does sammeln mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches sammeln?

See also

verbcore-vocabulary

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