An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/trauen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2509032An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — trauen1891John Francis Davis

​ trauen, vb., ‘to trust, confide; marry,’ from MidHG. trûwen, wk. vb., ‘to hope, believe, trust’ (also ‘to betroth, unite in marriage’), OHG. trûên (trûwên), ‘to believe, trust.’ Comp. Goth. trauan, wk. vb., ‘to trust, confide,’ OSax. trûôn, Du. vertrouwen, ‘to trust, confide’ (but trouwen, ‘to marry’). A derivative of the Teut. root trū̆, treu, ‘to have confidence,’ mentioned under traut and treu.

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