Before you start
Meet zusammenstellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
zusammen- + stellen
- zusammen-
- together, into one group or whole
- stellen
- to put or place
Put separate things together into one assembled group.
So zusammenstellen means to put together; to compile.
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 stellen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- vorstellento introduce, imagine
- darstellento depict, portray
- feststellento establish, detect
- einstellento adjust, employ, stop
- herstellento produce
- aufstellento put up, draw up
- anstellento employ, line up, get into mischief
- herausstellento emphasize, come to light
Separable verb: zusammen·stellen
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 clauseEr stellt ein Team zusammen.He puts a team together.
Subordinate clauseIch helfe, weil sie die Gruppe zusammenstellt.I help because she is putting the group together.
Participle: zusammengestelltzu-infinitive: zusammenzustellen
Forms
How zusammenstellen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stelle zusammen | stellte zusammen |
| du | stellst zusammen | stelltest zusammen |
| er/sie/es | stellt zusammen | stellte zusammen |
| wir | stellen zusammen | stellten zusammen |
| ihr | stellt zusammen | stelltet zusammen |
| Sie | stellen zusammen | stellten zusammen |
Partizip II zusammengestellt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich stelle die Liste heute zusammen.I put the list together today.prefix goes to the end
- 2Wir haben gestern einen Tisch zusammengestellt.We put together a table yesterday.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie kann die Bilder schnell zusammenstellen.She can put the pictures together quickly.modal verb with infinitive
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
zusammenstellen + die Einkaufsliste
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use die Einkaufsliste.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I put the mealdas Essen together for her.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When we put the shopping listdie Einkaufsliste together, we checkedüberprüfen it twicezweimal.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She put the teamdas Team together because she knew everyonealle.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The mealdas Essen that she put together was very goodgut.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We have to put together a smallklein team for the tripdie Reise.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She took timesich Zeit nehmen to put together a listdie Liste for the partydie Party.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
What did you put together for the classdie Klasse?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
zusammenstellen + der Plan + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use der Plan.
- 3Add an obwohl-clause with its verb at the end.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What would you put together for a family meal? Answer in one German sentence.
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one German sentence using the verb.
- 2Use Konjunktiv II.