einander in German

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einander means "each other" or "one another." It's used to express mutual actions or relationships between two or more people or things.

Wir helfen einander. (We help each other.)
Sie lieben einander. (They love each other.)
Die Kinder spielen miteinander. (The children are playing with one another.) — Note: miteinander is often interchangeable with einander when used with dative or accusative.

Unlike English, German uses both einander (accusative/dative) and miteinander (more like "with each other").

Common constructions:

einander sehen / treffen — to see / meet each other
einander helfen — to help each other
sich gegenseitig lieben / respektieren — to love / respect each other (more formal, gegenseitig = mutually)