Vocabulary
den Faden verlieren
· phrase
to lose the thread, to lose one's train of thought
In a talk, a conversation or a story, when you suddenly don't know where you were: „Moment — jetzt habe ich den Faden verloren.“
CEFR B2Frequency ●●●●●idiomatic, everyday
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- Präsens
- verliert den Faden
- Präteritum
- verlor den Faden
- Perfekt
- hat den Faden verloren
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den Faden verlieren
to lose the thread, to lose one's train of thought
Mai verlor kurz den Faden.
For a moment Mai lost the thread.
Common combinations
- den Faden wieder aufnehmento pick up the thread again
- der rote Fadenthe common thread, the central theme
Real examples
- Mai verlor kurz den Faden.For a moment Mai lost the thread.
- Entschuldigung, jetzt habe ich den Faden verloren — wo war ich?Sorry, now I've lost my train of thought — where was I?
