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"Sorry I do not understand." in German is

Es tut mir leid, ich verstehe nicht.



Definitions

Analysis
Es
     n. (music) E-flat
     n. (psychoanalysis) id
     pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
          Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table.
          Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it.
tut
     v. third-person singular present of tun
          Es tut mir leid. - I am sorry.
     v. second-person plural present of tun
     v. plural imperative of tun
     tun
          v. To do (to perform or execute an action).
               Tu es! - Do it!
               Man tut, was man kann. - One does what one can.
               Er tat das, was man ihm gesagt hat. - He did as he was told.
               Das einzige, was er je tat, war arbeiten. - The only thing he ever did was work.
mir
     pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
          Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me.
     pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
Leid
     n. woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction
     n. wrong, harm, injury
     adj. (obsolete outside of fixed expressions) distressing, uncomfortable
Ich
     n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     n. self, me, him, etc.
          das wahre Ich - the real me
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
verstehe
     v. first-person singular present of verstehen
     v. singular imperative of verstehen
     verstehen
          v. to understand
          v.          to hear and interpret (speech)
                       Ich verstehe dich nicht bei dem Lärm. - I can't understand you with this noise.
          v.          to comprehend, make sense of
                       Ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst. - I don't understand what you mean.
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
          Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb!
          Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true.
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
          Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you?