sammeln
German, verb
sammeln is spelled S-A-M-M-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sammeln is a German verb meaning “to gather; to assemble; to collect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sammeln is a different word: “collecting (hobby)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “systematisch suchen, erhalten und aufbewahren einer abgegrenzten Art beziehungsweise Kategorie bestimmter…”.
What does sammeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gather; to assemble; to collect
- 2
to congregate; to assemble; to meet
- 3
to collect money
noun
- 1
neutercollecting (hobby)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. systematisch suchen, erhalten und aufbewahren einer abgegrenzten Art beziehungsweise Kategorie bestimmter Gegenstände oder Informationen 2. unsystematisch suchen, erhalten und darauf folgend benutzen oder verbrauchen 3. vereinigen, versammeln 4. sich auf etwas konzentrieren, die Gedanken ordnen
noun: 1. Handlung, in der man eine bestimmte Art von Dingen aufbewahrt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sammeln
- sammelt present singular third-person
- sammelte past
- gesammelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sammelnd participle present
- sammle first-person indicative present
- sammele first-person indicative present
- sammel first-person indicative present
- sammelst indicative present second-person
- sammelest second-person singular subjunctive
- sammlest second-person singular subjunctive
- sammelet plural second-person subjunctive
- sammlet plural second-person subjunctive
- sammelten first-person indicative plural
- sammeltest indicative preterite second-person
- sammeltet indicative plural preterite
- sammle! imperative singular
- sammelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sammeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sammeln in German?
sammeln appears 30 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).