trauen

trauen

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯ən/

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• Hyphenation: trau‧en

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

1. to trust [with dative ‘someone’]

   Synonym: vertrauen

2. (transitive) to marry (to officiate a marriage ceremony)
3. (reflexive) to dare, to be brave enough [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   Ich traue mich nicht, ihn zu fragen. ― I don't dare ask him. / I'm too shy to ask him.

4. (reflexive) to dare to go, to venture (to some place, despite some perceived danger)

   Synonym: sich wagen

   sich nicht mehr aus dem Haus trauen ― to be afraid to leave one's house

• treu
• anvertrauen

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʀau̯en/, [ˈtʀɑʊ̯ən]
• Rhymes: -ɑʊən

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

1. (ambitransitive) to trust
2. (reflexive) to dare

• vertrauen (“to trust, to have confidence in”)
• zoutrauen (“to think capable of, to give credit for”)

• trei (“loyal, faithful”)
• Trei (“loyalty, fidelity”)