zu Bruch gehen
to fall apart
Türkçe: paramparça olmak
In a sentence
Die teure Vase ging zu Bruch, als das Kind sie fallen ließ.
How it is used
Means something breaks apart or fails completely. Neutral register. Use literally for a glass shattering, or figuratively for a business going bankrupt. Implies total destruction, not just minor damage.
Other verbs that go with Bruch
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- sich einen Bruch zuziehento sustain a bone fracture
- einen Bruch schienento splint a fracture
- einen Bruch machento make a sudden break or decisive change
Other collocations built on gehen
- auf Abstand gehen (auch fig.)to move away/create distance
- an die Arbeit gehento start working or begin a task
- ins Auge gehento go wrong
- jdm. um den Bart gehento fawn over someone
- ins Bett gehento go to bed (to sleep)
- zu Bett gehento go to bed
- in die Berge gehento go to the mountains
- in Berufung gehento go into appeal
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