Tränen vergießen

to shed tears

Türkçe: gözyaşı dökmek

Noun

Tränen Pl.

Verb

vergießen

Topic

Gefühle und Geist

In a sentence

Der alte Mann vergießt Tränen, wenn er an seine verstorbene Frau denkt.

How it is used

Means 'to shed tears'—cry, often in a formal or literary sense. Formal register. Use in a eulogy: 'Er vergoss Tränen der Trauer.' Nuance: more poetic than 'weinen'; avoid in casual conversation.

Other verbs that go with Tränen

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• in Tränen ausbrechento burst into tears
• Tränen lachento laugh until tears come

All collocations with Tränen

Other collocations built on vergießen

• Blut vergießento shed blood, causing violence or death