jdm. die Daumen drücken

to keep one's fingers crossed for good luck

Türkçe: şans dilemek

Noun

Daumen Pl.

Verb

drücken

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Die Mutter drückt ihrem Sohn die Daumen für die Prüfung.

How it is used

Means to keep one's fingers crossed for good luck. Neutral/colloquial. Use before an exam: 'Ich drücke dir die Daumen!' Common mistake: learners may say 'Finger kreuzen'—German uses 'Daumen drücken.'

Other verbs that go with Daumen

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• den Daumen hochhaltento give a thumbs up as approval or encouragement
• (am) Daumen lutschento suck his thumb
• über den Daumen peilento estimate roughly without precision
• Daumen drehento be idle or bored, doing nothing

All collocations with Daumen

Other collocations built on drücken

• auf die Tube drückento step on the gas