Polyglot Dictionary

zusammenfassen

/tsuˈzamənˌfasn̩/

verb B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
fasst zusammen
past
fasste zusammen
perfect
hat zusammengefasst

Meaning

  1. to summarise

    Built from zusammen (together) + fassen (to grasp).

    • Kannst du den Text kurz zusammenfassen?

      Can you summarise the text briefly?

    • Kannst du den Text kurz zusammenfassen? Ich habe keine Zeit, ihn ganz zu lesen.

      Can you summarise the text briefly? I do not have time to read it all.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • zusammen together
  • fassen to grasp

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

resumir

resumir is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to summarise."

Portuguese

resumir

resumir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to summarise."

Practice

1 What does zusammenfassen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Kannst du den Text kurz ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zusammenfassen?

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