German word

vereinigen

Pronunciation

IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈaɪ̯nɪgən/

Meaning

  • verbmerge

Example

Die beiden Firmen haben sich zur neuen Firma vereinigt.

The two companies merged to form a new company.

Illustration for vereinigen (merge)

More examples

Die neue Verfassung soll die verschiedenen Bundesländer stärker vereinigen.

The new constitution is intended to unite the various federal states more strongly.

Core concept

Separate streams flow into one channel, a concrete pattern that also describes organizations or objects becoming one.

Common phrases

  • unter einem Dach vereinigen

    unite under one roof

  • Kräfte vereinigen

    unite forces

  • Bestrebungen vereinigen

    unite efforts

Similar words

zusammenschließen: Used in everyday language when people or organizations voluntarily unite.
zusammengehen: Used informally when separate things or people come together or act as one.
fusionieren: Used mainly when companies or organizations legally combine into one entity.
verschmelzen: Describes separate things blending into one with no clear boundary between them.

Definition in German

etwas mit etwas anderem zu einer Einheit machen; besonders zwei oder mehr Gruppen, Organisationen oder Dinge zusammenführen

Word origin

Vereinigen is an inherited German formation related to vereinen and ultimately centered on ein, expressing the joining of separate elements into one.

Usage tips

  • Sich vereinigen is more formal and often more written than everyday alternatives such as sich zusammenschließen when organizations join.

Other meanings

  • uniteverb
  • combineverb
  • joinverb

Opposites

Related words

Word lists with this word