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German
Pronunciation
Verb
traust
- 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
Noun
traust n (genitive singular trausts, no plural)
- trust, faith
- Synonym: trúnaður
- Ég hef alltaf synt þér traust. ― I have always shown faith in you.
- confidence, trust
- Synonym: tiltrú
Declension
Declension of traust (sg-only neuter)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse traustr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
traust (indefinite singular traust, definite singular and plural trauste, comparative traustare, indefinite superlative traustast, definite superlative traustaste)
- trusty, strong, solid, firm
1863, Ivar Aasen, Dei gamle Fjelli:...men dei gamle Merkesteinarne dei standa lika traust.- ...but the old standing stones stand firm as ever.
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