zum Erliegen kommen

to come to a standstill

Türkçe: durma noktasına gelmek

Noun

Erliegen n.

Verb

kommen

Topic

Zeit und Ablauf

In a sentence

Wegen des starken Schneefalls kommt der Zugverkehr völlig zum Erliegen.

How it is used

Means 'to come to a standstill'—a process stops completely. Formal register. Use when traffic halts due to an accident. Nuance: passive; the subject is the thing that stops, not the agent.

Other verbs that go with Erliegen

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• zum Erliegen bringento bring something to a standstill

All collocations with Erliegen

Other collocations built on kommen

• an die falsche Adresse kommento come to the wrong address/person
• zum Abschluss kommento come to a conclusion
• zur Abstimmung kommento come to a vote
• zu Ansehen gelangen / kommento achieve a respected, high-status position
• zur Ansicht gelangen / kommento arrive at a conclusion/opinion
• zur Anwendung kommento be used/come into operation
• zur Auffassung gelangen / kommento arrive at a conclusion/opinion
• zur Anzeige kommento be reported (to authorities)