zusammenhelfen
German, verb/tsuˈsamɛnˌhɛlfn̩/
zusammenhelfen is spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-H-E-L-F-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zusammenhelfen is a German verb meaning “to work together, to cooperate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Unterstützung/Mithilfe von anderen, eine Aufgabe, ein Projekt angehen/meistern”.
What does zusammenhelfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriato work together, to cooperate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Unterstützung/Mithilfe von anderen, eine Aufgabe, ein Projekt angehen/meistern
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 zusammenhelfen
- hilft zusammen present singular third-person
- half zusammen past
- zusammengeholfen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- zusammenhelfend participle present
- zusammenzuhelfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- helfe zusammen first-person indicative present
- helfen zusammen first-person indicative plural
- hilftst zusammen indicative present second-person
- helft zusammen indicative plural present
- helfest zusammen second-person singular subjunctive
- helfet zusammen plural second-person subjunctive
- halfen zusammen first-person indicative plural
- halfe zusammen first-person formal rare
- halfst zusammen indicative preterite second-person
- halft zusammen indicative plural preterite
- halfest zusammen formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zusammenhelfen?
- /tsuˈsamɛnˌhɛlfn̩/
- Austria [-ˈz̥amɛn-]
- [t͡suˈzamənˌhɛlfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zusammenhelfen in German?
zusammenhelfen appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).