tun
Bedeutung (English)
- (irregular) To do (to perform or execute an action).
- (irregular) [with dative] To do something (positive or negative) to someone.
- (irregular,reflexive) To make a difference; to be different.
- (informal,irregular) To fake; to feign; to pretend.
- (colloquial,irregular) To put, to place, to add.
- (colloquial,irregular) To work, to function.
- (colloquial,irregular) Used with the preceding infinitive of another verb to emphasise this verb
- (colloquial,irregular,nonstandard) Used with the following infinitive of another verb, often to emphasise the statement
- (colloquial,irregular,nonstandard) Used in the past subjunctive with the infinitive of another verb to form the conditional tense (instead of standard würde)
Synonyms
was man will
tätig sein
wirksam sein
Wirkung ausüben
zu Stande bringen
sich begnügen
gerade im Begriff sein
sich behelfen
vorlieb nehmen
was tun
sich behelfen{vr}
funktionuckeln
nicht ausbleiben
eine Maßnahme ergreifen
erledigen
sich benehmen
sich verhalten
Frequenz
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
due
Graubünden
tua
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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