Schulden machen

to incur debts

Türkçe: borca girmek

Noun

Schulden Pl.

Verb

machen

Topic

Recht und Politik

In a sentence

Der Student machte hohe Schulden für sein Studium.

How it is used

Means 'to incur debts' by borrowing or spending beyond means. Neutral register. Use in a conversation about taking a loan for a car. Common mistake: learners may use 'machen' with other nouns incorrectly.

Other verbs that go with Schulden

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Schulden abbauento reduce debts
• Schulden begleichento settle debts
• Schulden erlassento forgive debts
• Schulden habento have debts
• Schulden tilgento pay off debts

All collocations with Schulden

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