trauen
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trauen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trūwen, from Old High German trūwēn, from Proto-West Germanic *trūwēn, from Proto-Germanic *trūwāną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trauen (weak, third-person singular present traut, past tense traute, past participle getraut, auxiliary haben)
- to trust
- (transitive) to marry
- (reflexive, with zu + infinitive) to dare (to do something)
- (reflexive) to venture (go to a dangerous location)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | trauen | ||||
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present participle | trauend | ||||
past participle | getraut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich traue | wir trauen | i | ich traue | wir trauen |
du traust | ihr traut | du trauest | ihr trauet | ||
er traut | sie trauen | er traue | sie trauen | ||
preterite | ich traute | wir trauten | ii | ich traute1 | wir trauten1 |
du trautest | ihr trautet | du trautest1 | ihr trautet1 | ||
er traute | sie trauten | er traute1 | sie trauten1 | ||
imperative | trau (du) traue (du) |
traut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Further reading edit
- “trauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “trauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “trauen” in Duden online
- “trauen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “trauen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trūwen, from Old High German trūwēn.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
trauen (third-person singular present traut, past participle getraut, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive, intransitive) to trust
- (reflexive) to dare
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | trauen | |
participle | getraut | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | trauen | — |
2nd singular | traus | trau |
3rd singular | traut | — |
1st plural | trauen | — |
2nd plural | traut | traut |
3rd plural | trauen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |