Platz nehmen
to take a seat
Türkçe: yer almak
In a sentence
Die Gäste werden gebeten, im Saal Platz zu nehmen.
How it is used
Formal/polite. Means 'to take a seat' – a courteous invitation to sit. Use when greeting guests or in official settings. Common mistake: using 'sich setzen' in formal contexts (less polite).
Other verbs that go with Platz
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Other collocations built on nehmen
- Abschied nehmen von+Dat.to bid farewell to
- seinen Abschied nehmento take one's leave
- Abstand nehmen von+Dat.to distance oneself from something
- sich in Acht nehmen vor+Dat.to be careful/watch out for a danger
- einen Anfang nehmento get under way
- etw. / jdn. in Anspruch nehmento use/claim something
- etw. in Angriff nehmento tackle/start something energetically
- Anstoß nehmen an+Dat.to take offense at something
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