Verb

tun

Translation

(he/she/it) does, hurts, (he/she/it) puts

Er tut nur seine Pflicht.

He is just doing his duty.

Mein Rücken tut weh.

My back hurts.

Es tut mir wirklich leid.

I am really sorry.

((sth.)) to do sth. He does his work.

((sb.dat)) ((weh)) to hurt sb. My head hurts.

((sb.dat)) ((leid)) to be sorry I am sorry.

Synonyms: macht (3rd person sing. of machen), schmerzt (hurts)

Derived from Old High German 'tuon', a cognate of English 'do'. The '-t' is the standard ending for the third-person singular ('er/sie/es').

Connect 'tut' with 'er, sie, es'. Memorize the common expressions 'Es tut mir leid' (I'm sorry) and 'Was tut weh?' (What hurts?) to master its usage.