glauben
Sentences
Meaning
- (transitive, weak) to believe something (to consider true)
- (intransitive, weak) to believe in (to think something exists, or have confidence in someone’s ability)
- (intransitive, transitive, weak) to believe (to trust in someone's statement)
- (intransitive, weak) to think, to believe
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
glaube
Aargau
glaube
Bern
gloube
Zug
glaube
Zürich
glaubä
Basel-Landschaft
glaube
St. Gallen
glaube
Bern
gloubä
Solothurn
glaube
Basel-Stadt
glaube
Lucerne
glaube
Graubünden
glauba
Schaffhausen
glaube
Schwyz
glaube
Solothurn
gloube
Thurgau
glaubä
Thurgau
glaube
Valais
glöibu
Zürich
glaub
Aargau
glaubä
Appenzell Innerrhoden
gloobe
Basel-Stadt
glaubä
Fribourg
gloube
Lucerne
gloube
Obwalden
gloibä
Obwalden
glaibe
St. Gallen
glauba
St. Gallen
galube
St. Gallen
globa
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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