zusammengehen

[t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən]

/[t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“zusammengehen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,289 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,289
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zueinander passen, miteinander harmonieren/funktionieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-zusammengehen · zusammengehen · German

zusammengehen · rank #60,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,289
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zurückverfolgt

Nearest frequency peer: zurückverfolgt (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zusammengehen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zusammengehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zusammengehen
PropertyValue
Headwordzusammengehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#60,289
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zusammengehen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zusammengehenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zurückverfolgt“ (#60,288), „zustehende“ (#60,290), „zurückgibt“ (#60,287). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zusammengehen“ bei #60,289. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zusammengehen is uncommon German at frequency #60,289 among 1,996 “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

  1. 1
    zueinander passen, miteinander harmonieren/funktionieren
  2. 2
    als Gemeinschaft auftreten, zusammen an einem Ziel arbeiten
  3. 3
    weniger/kleiner werden
  4. 4
    sich (an einem Punkt) vereinen, treffen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how zusammengehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dass Liebe und Karriere in diesem Fall zusammengehen, darf bezweifelt werden.
  2. Die Liberalen wollen in dieser Frage mit den Konservativen zusammengehen.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zusammengehen"?
"zusammengehen" is spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən].
What does "zusammengehen" mean?
As a verb, "zusammengehen" means: zueinander passen, miteinander harmonieren/funktionieren
How do you pronounce "zusammengehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zusammengehen" is [t͡suˈzamənˌɡeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zusammengehen" come from?
"zusammengehen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zusammengehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list