schwertun

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German

Etymology

schwer +‎ tun

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Verb

schwertun (irregular, third-person singular present tut schwer, past tense tat schwer, past participle schwergetan, past subjunctive täte schwer, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to struggle
    • 2024 August 21, “Russland meldet massive Drohnenangriffe”, in Tagesschau, archived from the original on 21 August 2024:
      Dort tut sich Russland laut US-Pentagon mit einer Reaktion schwer.
      There Russia is struggling with a reaction according to the Pentagon.

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