
zumachen is one of the A1 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
zumachen
to close
/ˈt͡suːˌmaxn̩/Conjugation
Principal parts
zumachen, machte zu, hat zugemacht
Practice "zumachen"
Examples — zumachen in a sentence
Machst du bitte das Fenster zu?
Will you please close the window?
Ich mache die Tür schnell zu.
I will close the door quickly.
How to remember it
ZUMACHEN sounds like "zoo make-in'". You have to "close" the zoo gates for a special "zoo make-in'" party.
Word family
machen family · 10 related words
- anmachen turn on
- aufmachen to open
- ausmachen turn off / amount to / arrange Shifted meaning
- mitmachen to participate
- nachmachen imitate
- weitermachen continue
- zumachen to close
- fertigmachen finish / get ready