eine Brücke schlagen

to build a bridge

Türkçe: köprü kurmak

Noun

Brücke f.

Verb

schlagen

Topic

Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Der Künstler schlägt mit seiner Musik eine Brücke zwischen den Kulturen.

How it is used

Means 'to build a bridge' figuratively (create a link). Formal/idiomatic register. Used in business negotiations to connect two parties. Mistake: learners use 'bauen' — 'schlagen' is idiomatic for abstract links.

Other verbs that go with Brücke

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• eine Brücke bauen / errichtento build a bridge

All collocations with Brücke

Other collocations built on schlagen

• Alarm schlagento sound the alarm
• in die Flucht jagen / schlagento put someone to flight
• die Konkurrenz schlagento beat the competition
• in den Wind schlagento throw caution to the wind