Tränen vergießen

to shed tears

Türkçe: gözyaşı dökmek

Noun

die Tränen Pl.

Verb

vergießen

Topic

Gefühle und Geist

Register

Formal register

In a sentence

Which form of vergießen fills the gap?

Der alte Mann ____ 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

More from Gefühle und Geist

• jds. Neid erregento cause jealousy in others
• Argwohn hegento harbor suspicion
• Blödsinn verzapfento spout nonsense, stronger than 'reden'
• jdm. die Hoffnung nehmento take away someone's hope
• Kopfschmerzen habento have a headache

All collocations in Gefühle und Geist