Verbs | |||||||
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| to do sth. | did, done | | etw.acc. tun | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to perform | performed, performed | | tun | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to do nothing | did, done | | nichts tun | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to be just about to do sth. | gleich etw.acc. tun | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to do it yourself | did, done | | es selbst tun | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to do it (with so.) | did, done | [coll.] | es (mit jmdm.) tun | tat, getan | - Geschlechtsverkehr haben | ||||||
| to make it (with so.) | made, made | [coll.] | es (mit jmdm.) tun | tat, getan | - Geschlechtsverkehr haben | ||||||
| sth. does so. good/bad infinitive: do good, bad | etw.nom. tut jmdm. gut/nicht gut infinitive: guttun, nicht guttun | ||||||
| doth archaic - third person singular present of do [LIT.] | tut | ||||||
| to be able to do sth. | etw.acc. tun können | ||||||
| to be allowed to do sth. | etw.acc. tun dürfen | ||||||
| to like doing sth. | etw.acc. gern tun | tat, getan | | ||||||
| to hurt | hurt, hurt | | wehtun or: weh tun | tat weh, wehgetan | [coll.] | ||||||
| to hurt oneself | sichdat. wehtun or: weh tun | tat weh, wehgetan / tat, getan | [coll.] | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| tu | |||||||
| tun (Verb) | |||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| prior to doing sth. | bevor man etw.acc. tut | ||||||
| on duty | diensttuend or: Dienst tuend | ||||||
| attendant adj. | diensttuend or: Dienst tuend | ||||||
| in attendance | diensttuend or: Dienst tuend | ||||||
| in waiting | diensttuend or: Dienst tuend | ||||||
| surreptitious adj. | heimlich getan | ||||||
| in an effort to do sth. | in dem Bestreben etw.acc. zu tun | ||||||
Prepositions / Pronouns | |||||||
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| without doing sth. | ohne etw.acc. zu tun | ||||||
| in place of doing sth. | statt etw.acc. zu tun | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| reason for doing sth. | der Grund etw.acc. zu tun pl.: die Gründe | ||||||
| obligation to act | Verpflichtung, etw.acc. zu tun pl.: die Verpflichtungen | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't! | Tu das nicht! | ||||||
| Knock yourself out! [coll.] | Tu dir keinen Zwang an! [coll.] | ||||||
| Be my guest. [coll.] | Tu dir keinen Zwang an. | ||||||
| Do as you would be done by. | Was du nicht willst, dass man dir tu, das füg auch keinem andern zu. | ||||||
| Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. | Was du nicht willst, dass man dir tu, das füg auch keinem andern zu. | ||||||
| Do as you please. | Tun Sie, was Sie wollen. | ||||||
| Be my guest. [coll.] | Tun Sie sichdat. keinen Zwang an. | ||||||
| to be so kind as to do sth. | netterweise etw.acc. tun | ||||||
| to be as quiet as a mouse | keinen Mucks tun | ||||||
| overegging the pudding | des Guten zu viel tun | ||||||
| to be neither here nor there [fig.] | nichts zur Sache tun | ||||||
| the dos and don'ts | was man tun und nicht tun sollte | ||||||
| to have no truck with so. (or: sth.) [coll.] [fig.] | mit jmdm./etw. nichts zu tun haben wollen | ||||||
| We've got our hands full. | Wir haben alle Hände voll zu tun. | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| Do it without delay! | Tu es sofort! | ||||||
| Feel free. | Tu dir keinen Zwang an. | ||||||
| Do me a favor.AE Do me a favour.BE | Tu mir einen Gefallen. | ||||||
| It lies with you to do it. | Es liegt an Ihnen, es zu tun. | ||||||
| Need he do it? | Muss er es tun? | ||||||
| Many of us struggle with the accelerating pace of life. | Viele von uns tun sichacc. schwer mit der Schnellebigkeit unserer Zeit. | ||||||
| What to do when it's rainy and nasty outside? | Was tun, wenn draußen Schmuddelwetter herrscht? | ||||||
| We're only pretending. | Wir tun nur so. | ||||||
| Do it with a clear conscience. | Tun Sie es mit reinem Gewissen. | ||||||
| I'll do my level best. | Ich werde mein Äußerstes tun. | ||||||
| You needn't do it. | Du brauchst es nicht zu tun. | ||||||
| You mustn't do it. | Du darfst es nicht tun. | ||||||
| He's in a quandary. | Er weiß nicht, was er tun soll. | ||||||
| What remains to be done? | Was kann man noch tun? | ||||||
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