eine Rede schwingen

to deliver a speech

Türkçe: konuşma yapmak

Noun

Rede f.

Verb

schwingen

Topic

Kommunikation

In a sentence

Der Redner schwingt eine Rede voller Pathos und Leidenschaft.

How it is used

Means 'to deliver a speech' with rhetorical flair. Colloquial/idiomatic register. Use when someone speaks passionately at a party or event. Nuance: often implies bombast or exaggeration.

Other verbs that go with Rede

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• eine Rede haltento give/deliver a speech
• jdn. zur Rede stellento call someone to account

All collocations with Rede

Other collocations built on schwingen

• das Zepter schwingento wield power