"Wir sammeln sie hier."

Translation: We collect them here.

[EmanWeg]

I have to comment something:

Studying A.2 at the Goethe, SAMMELN came up, and the example and explanation our teacher gave us, is that it means COLLECT in the sense of "He collects COINS and STAMPS" not in the sense of ABHOLEN

[-Bora-]

"We collect her here." is also accepted. What does it mean?

[akka13722]

"collect" in British English (and some Australians) can be equivalent to picking someone up.

[CyrilVereb]

Hmm, OK, but is that the German meaning?

[BaconChomper]

Can be taken that way in the US as well.

[sea-mist]

Yes "collect" can be used to pick up someone from somewhere for Australians too.

[SyamkumarR]

What about 'Wir sammlen ihnen hier'?

[Imnuts7]

I think sammlen takes accusative, not dative.

[SyamkumarR]

Now I know it. So "ihnen" is dative and inserting it in the above sentence may result in a weird sentence which sounds like "I collect to them here". Am I right ?

[Imnuts7]

Yes. Some verbs should normally only take one case.

[Imnuts7]

'We collect it here' should be accepted because you could be referring to an object that is feminine and in English we only normally refer to objects as 'it'.

[WarrenBrow3]

"sie" could be "her" or "them", right? If it were intended as "her", then couldn't it be loosely translated as "we meet her here"? If "sie" were intended as "them" then there's no reason we couldn't collect berries or some other inanimate object, doesn't have to be a "them" of people.

[wsiev13]

regardless of what is above, why is it giving me the translation of "We are gathering her here"? That sentence does not seem to even make any sense to me.

[sea-mist]

yes that makes no sense, report it.

[Cosmosis14]

How is collect used here? When do you collect people?

[snarky.shark]

In British English, "collecting [someone]" is the equivalent of the American English expression "picking [someone] up". Neither should be taken literally. I think that in this sentence, "sie" is supposed to translate as "it".

[pax0jara]

collect people? very bizarre !

[kpelle27]

Does it have to be people?

[bobknox]

ICE collects the immigrants here (at the border crossing).

[Grafiker]

Does this mean we are picking her/them up here, as in we are driving up to this location and she/they are getting into our vehicle?

[straits92]

Why does it not accept "We are picking them up here", but it accepts "We collect them" and "We are picking her up here"

[chiliscam]

would assemble also be a valid translation of sammeln?

[gab_gar]

is sammeln for collecting something , picking someone or both?

[maria786xx]

Haha :D

[PhillipCY]

I don't know if it's just me, but this sentence sounds ominous.

[robbiee_88]

could this not also be "we collect you here?"

[Lenkvist]

Formal you is always capitalized Sie.

[SabrinaPerez24]

maybe he is pointing at an album?

[GauravAhuj6]

how sie = them isnt sie= she??

[SharonNaor]

sie can be both she or them

[DiaJasin]

Wir sammeln Syria.

[mehdi114469]

Shouldn't it be used for thing. ..?? So weird

[Paciferum]

Hostel...

[IntegratedEvil]

Should not "We collect it here." be accepted? Unless the verb can only be used for numerous objects, unlike English, where you can collect something singular, like in "collecting the rent."

[titipan]

must be something like gather

[drincade]

We are gathering her here is not something a native English speaker would say. You gather things, not people.

[JamesHorsl1]

Stupid Americans commenting "collect people, sounds very odd"