leidtun
feel sorry
Es beschreibt das Gefühl, wenn man sich für etwas entschuldigen möchte oder Mitgefühl für jemanden hat.
The German word "leidtun" is a verb that translates to "to feel sorry" or "to regret" in English. It is a compound made up of "leid," which means "sorrow" or "grief," and "tun," which means "to do." Thus, "leidtun" conveys the notion of doing or expressing sorrow for someone else’s situation.
Similar words in German include "bedauern" (to regret or to feel sorrow) and "enttäuschen" (to disappoint).
The main difference is that "leidtun" is often used to express empathy or personal sorrow for someone else's misfortune, whereas "bedauern" can be used more generally to denote regret about an action or situation.
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Examples
Mir kann es wirklich nur leidtun, dass das passiert ist.verb
I can really only feel sorry that this happened.
Es wird ihr sicher bald leidtun.verb
She will surely feel sorry soon.
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