Berge versetzen

to move mountains

Türkçe: dağları yerinden oynatmak

Noun

Berge Pl.

Verb

versetzen

Topic

Reise und Verkehr

In a sentence

Für ihre kranke Tochter würde die Mutter Berge versetzen.

How it is used

Idiom meaning 'to move mountains' (conceptual core: accomplishing the impossible through effort). Colloquial/figurative register. Use when praising someone who achieved a huge task against odds. Nuance: always positive and admiring.

Other verbs that go with Berge

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• in die Berge gehento go to the mountains
• goldene Berge versprechento promise the moon/make extravagant promises
• über alle Berge seinto be long gone/have disappeared

All collocations with Berge

Other collocations built on versetzen

• in Angst (und Schrecken) versetzento terrify/throw into a state of fear
• in Aufregung versetzento throw someone into excitement
• in Aufruhr versetzento throw into turmoil
• jdn. in Begeisterung versetzento fill someone with enthusiasm
• etw. in Bewegung versetzento set something in motion/start something
• in Erstaunen versetzento astonish or amaze someone
• jdn. in Furcht versetzento fill someone with fear
• sich in jds. Lage versetzento put oneself in someone's shoes