am Zug sein
to be one's turn
Türkçe: sırası gelmek
In a sentence
Jetzt bist du am Zug, also überlege dir deinen nächsten Schritt gut.
How it is used
Means 'to be one's turn' in a game or sequence. Neutral/colloquial. Use during a board game when it's your friend's turn to roll the dice. Common mistake: 'am Zug sein' is only for turns; not for trains ('der Zug').
Other verbs that go with Zug
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- einen Zug machento make a move
- zum Zug(e) kommento get a turn
- den Zug erreichento catch the train
- den Zug besteigento board the train
- den Zug nehmento take the train
- den Zug verlassento leave the train
- den Zug verpassen / versäumento miss the train
Other collocations built on sein
- an der richtigen / falschen Adresse seinto be at the right/wrong place
- in Arbeit seinto be employed
- außer Atem seinto be out of breath
- im Anmarsch seinto be on the way/approaching
- der Auffassung seinto be of the opinion that
- in Aufregung seinto be in a state of excitement
- in Bearbeitung seinto be in processing
- in Aufruhr seinto be in turmoil
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