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verb · A1

wehtun

[ˈveːˌtuːn]

to hurt

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Other Examples

  • Mir tut der Kopf weh.

    My head hurts.

  • Tut dir der Bauch weh?

    Does your tummy hurt?

  • Nach der Wanderung mit Kalle tun uns die Füße weh.

    After the hike with Kalle our feet hurt.

  • Tut euch etwas weh?

    Does anything hurt?

  • Wo tut es Ihnen weh?

    Where does it hurt?

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es tut weh What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es tat weh The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat wehgetan The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich tue wehtat wehhabe wehgetan
du tust wehtatest wehhast wehgetan
er/sie/es tut wehtat wehhat wehgetan
wir tun wehtaten wehhaben wehgetan
ihr tut wehtatet wehhabt wehgetan
sie/Sie tun wehtaten wehhaben wehgetan
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte wehgetanwerde wehtunwerde wehgetan haben
du hattest wehgetanwirst wehtunwirst wehgetan haben
er/sie/es hatte wehgetanwird wehtunwird wehgetan haben
wir hatten wehgetanwerden wehtunwerden wehgetan haben
ihr hattet wehgetanwerdet wehtunwerdet wehgetan haben
sie/Sie hatten wehgetanwerden wehtunwerden wehgetan haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich täte weh
du tätest weh
er/sie/es täte weh
wir täten weh
ihr tätet weh
sie/Sie täten weh
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du tu weh!
ihr tut weh!
Sie tun Sie weh!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

weh root tu root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

tun

In Otti's situations: Otti at the doctor's

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