Significado
To create problems or obstacles for someone.
Contexto cultural
Germans value 'Sachlichkeit' (objectivity). Using this phrase allows you to complain about a situation without sounding like you are personally attacking someone. In Austria, you might hear 'Umstände machen' more often in social contexts to avoid sounding too direct or harsh. Swiss German speakers use this phrase in High German contexts, but in dialect, they might use 'Mühe machen'. In German companies, 'Schwierigkeiten bereiten' is often the first step in a 'Fehleranalyse' (error analysis). It is seen as professional to name the difficulty clearly.
Use with Dative
Always remember: Jemandem (Dative) Schwierigkeiten bereiten. If you forget the 'mir' or 'dir', the sentence sounds incomplete.
Don't over-formalize
Don't use this with your best friends for small things like 'You're taking too long in the bathroom'. It sounds too stiff.
Significado
To create problems or obstacles for someone.
Use with Dative
Always remember: Jemandem (Dative) Schwierigkeiten bereiten. If you forget the 'mir' or 'dir', the sentence sounds incomplete.
Don't over-formalize
Don't use this with your best friends for small things like 'You're taking too long in the bathroom'. It sounds too stiff.
Add Adjectives
Make your German sound better by adding 'erhebliche' (considerable) or 'keinerlei' (no... at all) before Schwierigkeiten.
Polite Complaints
Use this phrase to complain politely in a shop or restaurant. It sounds much better than 'Das ist schlecht'.
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the correct Dative pronoun.
Die neue Grammatik bereitet ______ (ich) große Schwierigkeiten.
The phrase requires the Dative case for the person experiencing the difficulty.
Which sentence is the most natural and formal?
How do you tell your boss that the printer is causing trouble?
This is the standard formal/neutral way to report a technical problem.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Warum bist du so spät? B: Mein Auto hat mir ____________________.
In the Perfekt tense, 'hat ... bereitet' is the correct form.
Match the problem to the body part.
Das Atmen bereitet mir Schwierigkeiten.
Breathing (Atmen) is related to the lungs (Lunge).
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Ayudas visuales
Formal vs Informal
Banco de ejercicios
4 ejerciciosDie neue Grammatik bereitet ______ (ich) große Schwierigkeiten.
The phrase requires the Dative case for the person experiencing the difficulty.
How do you tell your boss that the printer is causing trouble?
This is the standard formal/neutral way to report a technical problem.
A: Warum bist du so spät? B: Mein Auto hat mir ____________________.
In the Perfekt tense, 'hat ... bereitet' is the correct form.
Das Atmen bereitet mir Schwierigkeiten.
Breathing (Atmen) is related to the lungs (Lunge).
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Preguntas frecuentes
12 preguntasYes, but 'Schwierigkeiten bereiten' is more formal and common in writing or professional speech.
Yes, a person can cause you trouble. 'Mein neuer Kollege bereitet mir Schwierigkeiten.'
The opposite is 'keine Schwierigkeiten bereiten' or 'leicht fallen'.
99% of the time, yes. Using the singular 'eine Schwierigkeit bereiten' is very rare.
No, it must be plural: 'Schwierigkeiten'.
Use the Perfekt: 'Es hat mir Schwierigkeiten bereitet.'
Yes, it is standard High German and used in all German-speaking countries.
Yes, very common. 'Mein Knie bereitet mir Schwierigkeiten.'
No, it sounds very objective and professional.
'Vorbereiten' means to prepare for something (like an exam). 'Bereiten' in this phrase means to cause/trigger.
Yes, but that sounds even more formal, like a police report or a scientific paper.
Yes, it's a key phrase for reaching intermediate fluency.
Frases relacionadas
Probleme machen
similarTo cause problems
Freude bereiten
contrastTo give joy
Kopfzerbrechen bereiten
specialized formTo cause a headache/worry
Sorgen bereiten
similarTo cause worry
jemandem {das|n} Leben schwer machen
similarTo make someone's life difficult
