Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to believe something (to consider true)
  2. (intransitive, weak) to believe in (to think something exists, or have confidence in someone’s ability)
  3. (intransitive, transitive, weak) to believe (to trust in someone's statement)
  4. (intransitive, weak) to think, to believe

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

glaube

Aargau

Aargau

glaube

Bern

Bern

gloube

Zug

Zug

glaube

Zürich

Zürich

glaubä

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glaube

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

glaube

Bern

Bern

gloubä

Solothurn

Solothurn

glaube

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

glaube

Lucerne

Lucerne

glaube

Graubünden

Graubünden

glauba

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

glaube

Schwyz

Schwyz

glaube

Solothurn

Solothurn

gloube

Thurgau

Thurgau

glaubä

Thurgau

Thurgau

glaube

Valais

Valais

glöibu

Zürich

Zürich

glaub

Aargau

Aargau

glaubä

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

gloobe

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

glaubä

Fribourg

Fribourg

gloube

Lucerne

Lucerne

gloube

Obwalden

Obwalden

gloibä

Obwalden

Obwalden

glaibe

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

glauba

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

galube

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

globa

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

gloube

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡlaʊ̯bən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gelouben, gelöuben, from Old High German gilouben, from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan, from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną. The form with -au- is Upper German; it was reinforced by the related noun Glaube against the Central German variant with umlaut. Compare however gläubig and abergläubisch. Cognate with Bavarian glaubn, glabn, Dutch geloven, Low German glöven, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan). Also related with English believe, which see.

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