trauen
Catalan
editVerb
edittrauen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German trūwen, from Old High German trūwēn, from Proto-West Germanic *trūwēn, from Proto-Germanic *trūwāną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittrauen (weak, third-person singular present traut, past tense traute, past participle getraut, auxiliary haben)
- to trust
- (transitive) to marry
- (reflexive) to dare [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
- (reflexive) to venture (go to a dangerous location)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German trūwen, from Old High German trūwēn.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittrauen (third-person singular present traut, past participle getraut, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive, intransitive) to trust
- (reflexive) to dare
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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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. |
Derived terms
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