An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vergattern

by Friedrich Kluge

vergattern, verb, ‘to enclose with trellis-work, assemble (soldiers) by beat of drum,’ from late Middle High German (LRhen.) vergatern, ‘to assemble.’ Properly a Low German word; compare Dutch vergaderen, to which the cognates of English to gather (see Gatte) are connected. —