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trauen

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Catalan

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Verb

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trauen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of traure
  2. third-person plural present indicative of treure

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German trūwen, from Old High German trūwēn, from Proto-West Germanic *trūwēn, from Proto-Germanic *trūwāną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯ən/
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Verb

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trauen (weak, third-person singular present traut, past tense traute, past participle getraut, auxiliary haben)

  1. [with dative] to trust
  2. (transitive) to marry
  3. (reflexive) to dare [with zu ( infinitive) ‘to do something’]
  4. (reflexive) to venture (go to a dangerous location)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German trūwen, from Old High German trūwēn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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trauen (third-person singular present traut, past participle getraut, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to trust
  2. (reflexive) to dare

Conjugation

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Regular
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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  • vertrauen (to trust, to have confidence in)
  • zoutrauen (to think capable of, to give credit for)
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  • trei (loyal, faithful)
  • Trei (loyalty, fidelity)