traust
German
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Verb
edittraust
Icelandic
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editFrom Old Norse traust (“confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (“trust, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (“to be firm, be solid”). See also treysta (“to trust”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittraust n (genitive singular trausts, no plural)
- trust, faith
- Synonym: trúnaður
- Ég hef alltaf synt þér traust. ― I have always shown faith in you.
- confidence, trust
- Synonym: tiltrú
Declension
editDeclension of traust | ||
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n-s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | traust | traustið |
accusative | traust | traustið |
dative | trausti | traustinu |
genitive | trausts | traustsins |
Derived terms
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
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edittraust (indefinite singular traust, definite singular and plural trauste, comparative traustare, indefinite superlative traustast, definite superlative traustaste)
- trusty, strong, solid, firm
- 1863, Ivar Aasen, Dei gamle Fjelli:
- ...men dei gamle Merkesteinarne dei standa lika traust.
- ...but the old standing stones stand firm as ever.
Further reading
edit- “traust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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