alles auf den Kopf stellen

to turn everything upside down

Türkçe: her şeyi altüst etmek

Noun

Kopf m.

Verb

stellen

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Das neugierige Kleinkind stellt die ganze Wohnung auf den Kopf.

How it is used

Means 'to turn everything upside down,' causing chaos or major change. Idiomatic, neutral register. Use when describing a renovation that disrupts the whole house. Nuance: implies thorough, often messy upheaval.

Other verbs that go with Kopf

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• den Kopf einziehento withdraw/retreat
• den Kopf hinhaltento take the blame/responsibility
• den Kopf riskierento risk one's head/life/career
• den Kopf verlierento lose one's head
• kühlen Kopf bewahrento keep a cool head
• jdm. den Kopf waschento give someone a scolding/reprimand
• jds. Kopf fordernto demand someone's head
• jds. Kopf rettento save someone from being fired or disgraced

All collocations with Kopf

Other collocations built on stellen

• (sich) ins Abseits stellento isolate oneself
• etw. in Abrede stellento deny/dispute a claim
• Anforderungen stellen an+Akk.to set requirements or expectations for others
• eine Anfrage stellento formally ask for information or a quote
• Ansprüche stellen an+Akk.to make demands/set requirements on someone/something
• den / einen Antrag stellen auf+Akk.to submit an application/motion for something
• jdm. etw. in Aussicht stellento promise someone something
• eine Bedingung stellento set a condition