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Zusammenhang

connection

noun tsu-ZAH-men-hang Less Common
Grammar & Structure

Also means

context

Usage Note

Zusammenhang is built from zusammen ('together') and Hang, and names the link or context tying things together. You'll meet it in fixed phrases like im Zusammenhang mit ('in connection with') and einen Zusammenhang herstellen ('to make a connection'); aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen means 'taken out of context'.

Examples

"Ich sehe keinen Zusammenhang."

Natural Translation

I see no connection.

Literal Translation

I see no connection.

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