Tränen lachen

to laugh until tears come

Türkçe: gülmekten gözyaşı dökmek

Noun

Tränen Pl.

Verb

lachen

Topic

Gefühle und Geist

In a sentence

Die Kinder lachten Tränen bei dem lustigen Zirkusclown.

How it is used

Means 'to laugh until tears come'—extreme amusement. Colloquial register. Use at a comedy show: 'Wir haben Tränen gelacht.' Common mistake: literal translation 'tears laugh'—keep as fixed phrase.

Other verbs that go with Tränen

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• in Tränen ausbrechento burst into tears
• Tränen vergießento shed tears

All collocations with Tränen

Other collocations built on lachen

• sich ins Fäustchen lachento laugh up one's sleeve