Sport machen / treiben

to do sports

Türkçe: spor yapmak

Noun

Sport m.

Verb

treiben

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Die Ärztin empfiehlt, mindestens dreimal pro Woche Sport zu treiben.

How it is used

Means 'to do sports' or exercise in general. Colloquial register. Use in everyday chat about going to the gym. Nuance: 'treiben' is slightly more formal than 'machen'.

Other verbs that go with Sport

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• einen Sport ausübento practice a specific sport

All collocations with Sport

Other collocations built on treiben

• in die Ecke treibento force someone into a difficult situation with no escape
• Handel treiben mit+Dat.to trade with
• jdn. zur Raserei treibento drive someone into a rage
• jdn. in den Ruin treibento drive someone to ruin
• jdn. in den Selbstmord treibento drive someone to suicide
• jdn. zur Verzweiflung treibento drive someone to despair