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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Zusammenkunft

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsu-zah-men-kunft

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Get-together/ˈɡɛt.təˌɡɛð.ər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #3450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Wir haben eine Zusammenkunft organisiert, um ihren Geburtstag zu feiern."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An informal meeting or gathering of people for social purposes.

    "We organized a get-together to celebrate her birthday."
  2. 2

    A casual assembly of friends or family.

    "The family had a get-together over the weekend."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the phrasal verb 'get together', which combines the Middle English verb 'geten' (from Old Norse) and the Old English preposition 'tōgædere'. It transitioned from a verbal phrase into a recognized compound noun in the early 20th century to describe casual social assemblies.

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