🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

zusammentragen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsuˈsamənˌtʁaːɡn̩

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Glean/ɡliːn/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er konnte wichtige Informationen aus verschiedenen Berichten zusammentragen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To extract, gather, or collect information patiently from various sources, often with considerable effort.

    "Researchers had to glean information from thousands of ancient documents scattered across different archives."
  2. 2

    To gather leftover grain or produce from a field after the reapers have finished harvesting.

    "In biblical times, the poor were legally permitted to glean the fields after the primary harvest."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'glenen', which came from Old French 'glener', ultimately tracing back to Gallo-Roman roots. Originally denoting the gathering of leftover grain after the harvest, its meaning progressively broadened by metaphorical extension to describe the careful extraction or collection of information, facts, or data from various sources.

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