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traust

traust

German

Verb

traust

  1. Second-person singular present of trauen.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse traust (confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (trust, shelter), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (to be firm, be solid). See also treysta (to trust).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰrøyst/
    Rhymes: -øyst

Noun

traust n (genitive singular trausts, no plural)

  1. trust, faith
    Ég hef alltaf synt þér traust.
    I have always shown faith in you.
  2. confidence, trust

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