zusammengehen
[t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“zusammengehen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,289 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,289
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zueinander passen, miteinander harmonieren/funktionieren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zusammengehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zusammengehen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zusammengehen is uncommon German at frequency #60,289 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zusammengehen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zusammengehen, spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1zueinander passen, miteinander harmonieren/funktionieren
- 2als Gemeinschaft auftreten, zusammen an einem Ziel arbeiten
- 3weniger/kleiner werden
- 4sich (an einem Punkt) vereinen, treffen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “zusammengehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-G-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.