vertrauen
Meaning
to trust, to place confidence in
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ver‧trau‧en
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən/
Etymology
From Middle High German vertrūwen, vertriuwen, from Old High German firtrūwēn, firtrūēn. Compare Alemannic German vertraue, Dutch vertrouwen, Low German vertruggen (Paderbornisch). By surface analysis, ver- + trauen.
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