tut es leid

is sorry

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is sorry Part of the expression „jemandem tut es leid“: the person who is sorry is expressed with a dative pronoun or noun.
GE: Mir tut es leid.
EN: I’m sorry.

Mama tut es leid.

Mom is sorry.

— The Great Flood (2025)

Dem Herren tut es leid, was geschehen ist.

The Lord is sorry for what has happened.

— Agora - Die Säulen des Himmels (2009)

Nein, mir tut es leid.

No, I'm sorry.

— Girls' Night Out (2017)

Mir tut es leid.

I'm sorry.

— Nausicaä aus dem Tal der Winde (1984)