Before you start
Meet zusammenkommen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
zusammen- + kommen
- zusammen-
- together, toward one another
- kommen
- to come
People come toward one another and gather in the same place.
So zusammenkommen means to meet; to come together.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Verb family
More verbs built on kommen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- ankommento arrive
- vorkommento happen, occur, seem
- zurückkommento return
- hereinkommento come in
- herauskommento come out
- zukommento come towards, be in store
- herkommento come here
- aufkommento come up, arise, pay for
Separable verb: zusammen·kommen
In a main clause the prefix zusammen splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseDie Freunde kommen nach der Arbeit zusammen.The friends get together after work.
Subordinate clause…, weil alle heute zusammenkommen.… because everyone is getting together today.
Participle: zusammengekommenzu-infinitive: zusammenzukommen
Forms
How zusammenkommen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | komme zusammen | kam zusammen |
| du | kommst zusammen | kamst zusammen |
| er/sie/es | kommt zusammen | kam zusammen |
| wir | kommen zusammen | kamen zusammen |
| ihr | kommt zusammen | kamt zusammen |
| Sie | kommen zusammen | kamen zusammen |
Partizip II zusammengekommen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Wir kommen heute im Park zusammen.We’re meeting in the park today.Present, meeting up
- 2Die Familie ist am Sonntag zusammengekommen.The family got together on Sunday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Ich hoffe, dass wir bald zusammenkommen.I hope we’ll get together soon.Verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
zusammenkommen + die Familie
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say when the family comes together.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We met with them after workdie Arbeit.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When we were childrendas Kind, die Kinder, we often met at my grandmother's housedas Haus der Großmutter.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She couldn't meet with us because she was illkrank.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The friendsder Freund, die Freunde who met yesterday are coming to our housedas Haus today.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We want to meet with him after schooldie Schule.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
It's niceschön to meet with the family on Sundayssonntags.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
How much moneydas Geld did we raise together for the school partydas Schulfest?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
zusammenkommen + die Freunde + dass
Your challenge
- 1Use a dass-clause.
- 2Put its verb at the end.
- 3Say that you are happy about it.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
When do you usually meet with your family?
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense of the target verb.
- 2Say when you meet with your family.