vertrauen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vertrūwen, vertriuwen, from Old High German firtrūwēn, firtrūēn.[1] Compare Alemannic German vertraue, Dutch vertrouwen, Low German vertruggen (Paderbornisch). By surface analysis, ver- trauen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]vertrauen (weak, third-person singular present vertraut, past tense vertraute, past participle vertraut, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to trust, to place confidence in [with dative or auf ( accusative) ‘someone/something’]
- Ich vertraue deinem Instinkt.
- I trust your instinct.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | vertrauen | ||||
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present participle | vertrauend | ||||
past participle | vertraut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich vertraue | wir vertrauen | i | ich vertraue | wir vertrauen |
du vertraust | ihr vertraut | du vertrauest | ihr vertrauet | ||
er vertraut | sie vertrauen | er vertraue | sie vertrauen | ||
preterite | ich vertraute | wir vertrauten | ii | ich vertraute1 | wir vertrauten1 |
du vertrautest | ihr vertrautet | du vertrautest1 | ihr vertrautet1 | ||
er vertraute | sie vertrauten | er vertraute1 | sie vertrauten1 | ||
imperative | vertrau (du) vertraue (du) |
vertraut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “vertrauen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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