in schlechte Gesellschaft geraten

to fall into bad company

Türkçe: kötü arkadaş çevresine düşmek

Noun

Gesellschaft f.

Verb

geraten

Topic

Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Der Jugendliche geriet leider in schlechte Gesellschaft.

How it is used

Means 'to fall into bad company' unintentionally. Neutral, often cautionary. Use when a teenager starts hanging out with troublemakers. Implies negative influence and regret.

Other verbs that go with Gesellschaft

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Gesellschaft bekommento receive company/visitors
• jdm. Gesellschaft leistento keep someone company
• in (guter / schlechter) Gesellschaft seinto be in (good/bad) company
• eine Gesellschaft gründen (Wirtschaft)to found a company

All collocations with Gesellschaft

Other collocations built on geraten

• in Abhängigkeit geraten von+Dat.to become dependent on
• außer Atem geratento get out of breath
• in Aufregung geratento get excited/agitated
• in Aufruhr geratento fall into turmoil
• in Bedrängnis geratento get into a difficult situation
• in Begeisterung geratento become enthusiastic
• in Brand geratento catch fire
• in Ekstase geratento go into ecstasy