vertrauen

See also: Vertrauen

German

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧trau‧en

Verb

vertrauen (weak, third-person singular present vertraut, past tense vertraute, past participle vertraut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, with dative or auf (in) + accusative) to trust, to place confidence in
    Ich vertraue deinem Instinkt.
    I trust your instinct.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “vertrauen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “vertrauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “vertrauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “vertrauen” in Duden online
  • “vertrauen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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