Mühe bereiten / machen

to cause trouble/extra work

Türkçe: zahmet çıkarmak

Noun

Mühe f.

Verb

machen

Topic

Arbeit und Beruf

In a sentence

Der kranke Vater bereitet seiner Tochter große Mühe.

How it is used

Means 'to cause trouble/extra work' — creating difficulty or inconvenience. Neutral/colloquial, used when complaining about a burdensome person or task. 'Bereiten' is slightly more formal than 'machen'.

Other verbs that go with Mühe

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• sich Mühe gebento make an effort
• Mühe in etw. steckento put effort into something
• Mühe kostento cost effort

All collocations with Mühe

Other collocations built on machen

• sich zum Affen machento make a fool of oneself
• (s)einen Abschluss machento make a deal
• eine Andeutung machento make a hint/suggestion
• den / einen Anfang machen mit+Dat.to be the first to begin something
• jdm. ein Angebot machento propose a deal or price to someone
• Angaben machen zu+Dat.to provide details/information about something
• jdm. Ärger bereiten / machento cause trouble/annoyance for someone
• jdm. Angst machento scare/frighten someone