im Chaos versinken

to sink into chaos

Türkçe: kaosa gömülmek

Noun

das Chaos n.

Verb

versinken

Topic

Konflikt und Risiko

Register

Neutral to literary register

In a sentence

Nach dem Tod seiner Frau versank er völlig im Chaos.

How it is used

Describes being overwhelmed by or sinking into disorder. Neutral to literary register. Use when a student feels buried by exam stress or a city descends into unrest. Implies helplessness, not active causation.

Other verbs that go with Chaos

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Chaos anrichten / stiften / verursachento cause or create chaos, focusing on the act of disruption
• ins Chaos führento lead into chaos, emphasizing a person's role as the cause
• zum Chaos führento lead to chaos

All collocations with Chaos

More from Konflikt und Risiko

• jdn. dem Untergang weihento doom someone to ruin
• Zuflucht gewährento grant refuge
• Amok laufento run amok
• sich in einer Krise befindento be in a crisis
• sich einen Bruch zuziehento sustain a bone fracture

All collocations in Konflikt und Risiko