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to group
To arrange or organize people or things into groups according to certain criteria or shared features.
Der Lehrer bat die Schüler, die Wörter nach Wortarten zu gruppieren.
The teacher asked the students to group the words by parts of speech.
to gather
To come together as a group or arrange oneself around something or someone.
Die Demonstranten gruppierten sich vor dem Parlamentsgebäude.
The demonstrators gathered in front of the parliament building.
The verb 'gruppieren' (to group) is derived directly from the noun 'die Gruppe' (the group). It describes the action of forming a group or dividing something into groups.
Können Sie diese Dokumente für mich gruppieren?
Can you group these documents for me?
Pay attention to the difference: without 'sich', you group things (someone groups something). With 'sich', people or things come together as a group on their own (something/someone groups themselves).
Ich gruppiere die Fotos nach Datum.
I group the photos by date.
When ordering things according to a criterion, the preposition 'nach' + dative is often used.
Bitte gruppieren Sie die Teilnehmer nach Alter.
Please group the participants by age.
When people arrange themselves around a center point, the preposition 'um' + accusative is often used.
Die Journalisten gruppierten sich um den Politiker.
The journalists gathered around the politician.
to order / arrange
Anordnen and gruppieren can both describe placing multiple things. Anordnen emphasizes their specific positions in a spatial arrangement. Gruppieren, on the other hand, highlights that several things are arranged as connected units according to a shared feature or purpose.
Nina gruppiert die zwölf Stühle zu drei kleinen Gesprächsrunden.
Nina groups the twelve chairs into three small discussion circles.
Nina ordnet die zwölf Stühle in einem großen Kreis an.
Nina arranges the twelve chairs in a large circle.
