tun

Sentences

Ich muss dann aufhören
🛑

zu tippen , meine Schulter fängt an weh zu tun .

I then have to stop typing, my shoulder starts to hurt.

Jetzt müssen Sie das Falsche tun , weil Sie das Richtige über Jahrzehnte versäumt haben .

Now you have to do the wrong thing because you have missed the right thing for decades.

Was hat das mit den Bronchien zu tun ?

What does this have to do with the bronchi?

Klettern hat auch viel mit Angstüberwindung zu tun .

Climbing also has a lot to do with overcoming fear.

Die Benennung hat nichts mit der Schlacht bei Mollwitz zu tun .

The name has nothing to do with the Battle of Mollwitz.

Meaning

(irregular) To do (to perform or execute an action).
(irregular) [with dative] To do something (positive or negative) to someone.
(informal, irregular) To fake; to feign; to pretend.
(colloquial, irregular) To put, to place, to add.
(colloquial, irregular) To work, to function.
(irregular, reflexive, regional) To make a difference; to be different.
(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)

be guilty of

try to

be effective

be efficacious

conduct oneself

engage in

have effect

pass oneself off

be just about to

Frequency

Basel-Landschaft

due

Graubünden

tua

Zürich

tue

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tuːn/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with English

In summary

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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tun

Sentences

Ich muss dann aufhören
🛑

zu tippen , meine Schulter fängt an weh zu tun .

Jetzt müssen Sie das Falsche tun , weil Sie das Richtige über Jahrzehnte versäumt haben .

Was hat das mit den Bronchien zu tun ?

Klettern hat auch viel mit Angstüberwindung zu tun .

Die Benennung hat nichts mit der Schlacht bei Mollwitz zu tun .

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Pronounced as (IPA)