tun

Bedeutung (English)

  1. (irregular) To do (to perform or execute an action).
  2. (irregular) [with dative] To do something (positive or negative) to someone.
  3. (irregular,reflexive) To make a difference; to be different.
  4. (informal,irregular) To fake; to feign; to pretend.
  5. (colloquial,irregular) To put, to place, to add.
  6. (colloquial,irregular) To work, to function.
  7. (colloquial,irregular) Used with the preceding infinitive of another verb to emphasise this verb
  8. (colloquial,irregular,nonstandard) Used with the following infinitive of another verb, often to emphasise the statement
  9. (colloquial,irregular,nonstandard) Used in the past subjunctive with the infinitive of another verb to form the conditional tense (instead of standard würde)

Frequenz

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

due

Graubünden

Graubünden

tua

Zürich

Zürich

tue

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/tuːn/
Etymology (English)

From Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, set, place”). Cognate with English do.

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