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vereinigen

unite

verb fer-INE-i-gen Less Common

Also means

merge

Usage Note

vereinigen means to unite or merge, often reflexively as sich vereinigen. It built the term Vereinigte Staaten (United States) and the name of the Vereinte Nationen uses a sister form. Its root is ein (one), so it literally means 'to make one'.

Examples

"Die Gruppen vereinigen sich zu einer Partei."

Natural Translation

The groups are uniting into one party.

Literal Translation

The groups unite themselves into one party.

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