eine Beziehung kitten

to mend a relationship

Türkçe: ilişkiyi onarmak

Noun

Beziehung f.

Verb

kitten

Topic

Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Der Vermittler kittet die zerstrittene Beziehung zwischen den Partnern.

How it is used

Means 'to mend a relationship'. Neutral/formal register. Used in a team meeting after a conflict to describe repairing trust. Mistake: learners use 'reparieren' instead — 'kitten' is idiomatic for relationships.

Other verbs that go with Beziehung

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• in Beziehung setzen zu+Dat.to relate something to something
• in Beziehung stehen zu+Dat.to be related to
• in Beziehung treten zu+Dat.to enter into a relationship with someone
• eine Beziehung beendento end a relationship
• eine Beziehung knüpfento establish a relationship

All collocations with Beziehung