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Mir tut der Rücken weh.

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mir
     pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
     pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
tut
     v. third-person singular present of tun
     v. second-person plural present of tun
     v. plural imperative of tun
     tun
          v. To do (to perform or execute an action).
          v. (with dative) To do something (positive or negative) to someone.
          v. To make a difference; to be different.
          v. (somewhat informal, with “so” or “als ob”) To fake; to feign; to pretend.
          v. (chiefly colloquial) To put, to place, to add.
          v. (chiefly colloquial, with “es”) To work, to function.
          v. (chiefly colloquial, but acceptable in writing) Used with thepreceding infinitive of another verb to emphasise this verb
          v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used with thefollowing infinitive of another verb, often to emphasise the statement)
          v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used in the past subjunctive with the infinitive of another verb to form the conditional tense (instead of standard würde))
der
     art. the
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. genitive plural of der
     pron. who; that; which
     pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
     pron. (attributive, stressed) that
     pron. (indicative) him, he
     pron. (differential) the one, him
     pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Rücken
     n-m. (anatomy) back
     n-m.          informal ellipsis of Rückenschmerzen, ; back pain, especially chronic back pain
     n-m. ellipsis of Buchrücken, t=spine of a book
weh
     adj. sore, painful
     interj. alas! woe!




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