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GERMAN VERB

zusammenarbeiten

to work together

  • #352 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: zusammengearbeitet

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I work together
  2. du you work together
  3. er, sie, es he/she works together
  4. wir we work together
  5. ihr you all work together
  6. sie, Sie they work together

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I worked together
  2. du you worked together
  3. er, sie, es he/she worked together
  4. wir we worked together
  5. ihr you all worked together
  6. sie, Sie they worked together

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have worked together
  2. du you have worked together
  3. er, sie, es he/she has worked together
  4. wir we have worked together
  5. ihr you all have worked together
  6. sie, Sie they have worked together

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will work together
  2. du you will work together
  3. er, sie, es he/she will work together
  4. wir we will work together
  5. ihr you all will work together
  6. sie, Sie they will work together

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would work together
  2. du you would work together
  3. er, sie, es he/she would work together
  4. wir we would work together
  5. ihr you all would work together
  6. sie, Sie they would work together

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du work together!
  2. ihr work together! (all of you)
  3. Sie work together! (formal)

How to use zusammenarbeiten

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Wir arbeiten seit drei Jahren eng zusammen.

    We've been working closely together for three years.

  2. Simple past

    Früher arbeiteten die beiden Firmen zusammen.

    The two companies used to work together.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe gern mit ihr zusammengearbeitet.

    I enjoyed working with her.

  4. Future

    Unsere Teams werden ab Januar zusammenarbeiten.

    Our teams will work together from January.

  5. Conditional

    Würdest du gern mit uns zusammenarbeiten?

    Would you like to work with us?

  6. Imperative

    Arbeitet bitte bei diesem Projekt zusammen.

    Please work together on this project.

Good to know

  • Zusammenarbeiten mit is to work together with someone: Wir arbeiten mit einer Firma in Hamburg zusammen.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.