in Verzweiflung geraten

to fall into despair

Türkçe: umutsuzluğa kapılmak

Noun

Verzweiflung f.

Verb

geraten

Topic

Gefühle und Geist

In a sentence

Nach dem dritten gescheiterten Projekt geriet der Gründer in Verzweiflung.

How it is used

Means 'to fall into despair.' Neutral to formal register. Use when describing a startup losing all funding and becoming hopeless. Common mistake: using 'traurig' (sad) instead of 'verzweifelt' (desperate).

Other verbs that go with Verzweiflung

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• jdn. zur Verzweiflung bringento drive someone to despair
• jdn. zur Verzweiflung treibento drive someone to despair
• der Verzweiflung erliegento succumb to despair

All collocations with Verzweiflung

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