sich das Knie aufschürfen
to scrape one's knee
Türkçe: dizini sıyırmak
In a sentence
Der Junge schürft sich das Knie auf dem Asphalt auf.
How it is used
Means 'to scrape one's knee,' referring to skin abrasion from a fall. Neutral/colloquial register. Use when a child falls off a bike and has a bloody knee. Common mistake: learners confuse it with 'verletzen' (general injury).
Other verbs that go with Knie
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- sich das Knie stoßento bump one's knee
- sich das Knie verdrehento twist one's knee
- jdn. in die Knie zwingento force someone to their knees
- jdn. übers Knie legento put someone over one's knee
- etw. übers Knie brechento rush/hurry something
- auf die Knie fallento fall to one's knees
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