zusammen

/[t͡suˈzamən]/ adv

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#264

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

zusammen is anGermanadv. It means: gemeinschaftlich, miteinander; zum Beispiel etwas tun Pronounced [t͡suˈzamən]. It ranks #264 in German word frequency. Often confused with zustimmen and zusagen.

Key facts for zusammen
PropertyValue
Headwordzusammen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[t͡suˈzamən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#264
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zusammen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zusammen is 8 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡suˈzamən]. Corpus data places it at rank #264 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for zusammen, with forms such as "uzsammen", "zsuammen", and "zuasmmen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "zustimmen", "zusagen", "zukommen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is zusammen, spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gemeinschaftlich, miteinander; zum Beispiel etwas tun
  2. 2
    zur gleichen Zeit am gleichen Ort; zum Beispiel sich aufhalten
  3. 3
    ein Liebespaar
  4. 4
    als Summe betrachtet

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: uzsammen,zsuammen,zuasmmen,zusamemn,zusamen,zusammenn,zusammne,zusmamen,zussammen,zzusammen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for zusammen

Misspelling Variants of "zusammen"

uzsammen8zsuammen8zuasmmen8zusamemn8zusamen7zusammenn9zusammne8zusmamen8
Misspelling Variants of "zusammen"

Frequency rank: #264 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zusammen"?
"zusammen" is spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈzamən].
What does "zusammen" mean?
As an adv, "zusammen" means: gemeinschaftlich, miteinander; zum Beispiel etwas tun
What words are commonly confused with "zusammen"?
"zusammen" is commonly confused with "zustimmen", "zusagen", "zukommen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zusammen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zusammen" is [t͡suˈzamən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zusammen" come from?
"zusammen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.