Vocabulary
aneinander
/anʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ/· adverb
to / of / on each other, one another; close together, next to each other
Aneinander is the "each other" form for verbs with an — aneinander denken, sich aneinander gewöhnen, aneinander vorbeigehen — and for things that touch or stand close together.
CEFR B1Frequency ●●●●●
Your memory
New
Learning
Familiar
Strong
Mastered
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
aneinander
(think of, get used to …) each other
Wir schreiben uns jeden Tag, weil wir oft aneinander denken.
We write to each other every day because we often think of each other.
Word family
aneinandereinandereach othermiteinanderwith each othervoneinanderfrom each othernacheinanderone after another
Common combinations
- aneinander denkento think of each other
- sich aneinander gewöhnento get used to each other
- aneinander vorbeigehento walk past each other
- sich aneinander festhaltento hold on to each other
Common learner mistakes
- Wir denken oft an uns.Wir denken oft aneinander.For "each other" with a verb + an, German uses aneinander; "an uns" can sound like "about ourselves".
Real examples
- Am Anfang war es schwer, aber inzwischen haben wir uns aneinander gewöhnt.It was hard at first, but by now we have got used to each other.
- Im Flur sind wir aneinander vorbeigegangen, ohne uns zu erkennen.We walked past each other in the corridor without recognising each other.
- Die Kinder halten sich aneinander fest, damit sie sich im Gedränge nicht verlieren.The children hold on to each other so that they don't lose each other in the crowd.
