das Zepter schwingen

to wield power

Türkçe: iktidar sürmek

Noun

Zepter n.

Verb

schwingen

Topic

Recht und Politik

In a sentence

Der Patriarch schwingt das Zepter in der Firma noch immer allein.

How it is used

Means 'to wield power' or rule over an organization. Figurative, neutral/formal. Use when describing a dominant manager controlling a department. Implies active, often authoritarian, leadership.

Other verbs that go with Zepter

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• das Zepter niederlegento abdicate or step down from power
• das Zepter übernehmento assume leadership

All collocations with Zepter

Other collocations built on schwingen

• eine Rede schwingento deliver a speech