den Urlaub verbringen

to spend one's holiday

Türkçe: tatil geçirmek

Noun

der Urlaub m.

Verb

verbringen

Topic

Reise und Verkehr

Register

Neutral register

In a sentence

Which form of verbringen fills the gap?

Dieses Jahr ____ wir den Urlaub an der Ostsee bei meinen Großeltern.

How it is used

Means 'to spend one's holiday' somewhere. Neutral register. Use it with a place: 'Wo verbringt ihr euren Urlaub?' Note: 'Urlaub' is time off work; school holidays are 'Ferien'.

Other verbs that go with Urlaub

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Urlaub beantragento formally request time off from work
• Urlaub machento go on holiday or take time off for rest
• in Urlaub gehento depart for a holiday, emphasizing the start of the journey
• Urlaub nehmento officially take time off using entitled vacation days

All collocations with Urlaub

Other collocations built on verbringen

• den / einen Abend verbringento spend the evening
• den Tag verbringento spend the day

More from Reise und Verkehr

• Verspätung habento be late / delayed
• an Land ziehento pull something ashore
• im Anmarsch seinto be on the way/approaching
• im gleichen Boot sitzento be in the same boat
• einen Spaziergang machento go for a walk

All collocations in Reise und Verkehr