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guttun

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German

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Etymology

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gut +‎ tun

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuːtˌtuːn]
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  • Hyphenation: gut‧tun

Verb

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guttun (irregular, third-person singular present tut gut, past tense tat gut, past participle gutgetan, past subjunctive täte gut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to do good for (to have a positive effect on) [with dative ‘someone/something’]
    Zu viel Süßigkeiten tun deinen Zähnen nicht gut.
    Too many sweets does not do your teeth any good.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • guttun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • guttun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • guttun” in Duden online
  • guttun” in OpenThesaurus.de