gleichtun
German, verb[ˈɡlaɪ̯çtuːn]
gleichtun is spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-T-U-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gleichtun is a German verb meaning “to do the same, to follow suit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ebenso machen wie; nur in der Wendung: es jemandem gleichtun”.
What does gleichtun mean in English?
verb
- 1
to do the same, to follow suit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ebenso machen wie; nur in der Wendung: es jemandem gleichtun
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gleichtun
- tut gleich present singular third-person
- tat gleich past
- gleichgetan participle past
- täte gleich past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- gleichtuend participle present
- gleichzutun infinitive infinitive-zu
- tue gleich first-person indicative present
- tun gleich first-person indicative plural
- tuen gleich first-person plural subjunctive
- tust gleich indicative present second-person
- tuest gleich second-person singular subjunctive
- tuet gleich plural second-person subjunctive
- taten gleich first-person indicative plural
- täten gleich first-person plural subjunctive
- tatest gleich indicative preterite second-person
- tatst gleich indicative preterite second-person
- tatet gleich indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gleichtun?
- [ˈɡlaɪ̯çtuːn]
- [ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌtuːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gleichtun in German?
gleichtun appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).