sammeln

Meaning

  1. (transitive,weak) to gather; to assemble; to collect
  2. (reflexive,weak) to congregate; to assemble; to meet
  3. (intransitive,weak) to collect money

Frequency

B2
Dialects

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

zämmaròòasa

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
sam‧meln
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzaml̩n/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German sameln, samlen, samelen, from Old High German *samalōn, from Proto-West Germanic *samalōn (“to bring together, assemble”). Akin to Old High German Old High German samanōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną and Old High German gisemōn (“to collect, gather, remain”).

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