trauen
German, verb
trauen is spelled T-R-A-U-E-N (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trauen is a German verb meaning “to trust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trauen is a different word: “gerund of trauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Gefühl haben, sich darauf verlassen zu können, dass etwas oder jemand so handeln oder funktionieren wird…”.
What does trauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trust
Allerdings kann man Mädels nicht trauen, wenn sie das Wort "niedlich" in den Mund nehmen.
- 2
to marry (to officiate a marriage ceremony)
- 3
to dare, to be brave enough
Ich traue mich nicht, ihn zu fragen.
- 4
to dare to go, to venture (to some place, despite some perceived danger)
sich nicht mehr aus dem Haus trauen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das Gefühl haben, sich darauf verlassen zu können, dass etwas oder jemand so handeln oder funktionieren wird, wie man es sich vorstellt 2. etwas wagen 3. jemanden in den Stand der Ehe bringen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trauen
- traut present singular third-person
- traute past
- getraut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- trauend participle present
- traue first-person indicative present
- traust indicative present second-person
- trauest second-person singular subjunctive
- trauet plural second-person subjunctive
- trauten first-person indicative plural
- trautest indicative preterite second-person
- trautet indicative plural preterite
- trau imperative second-person singular
- habe getraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- trau! imperative singular
- traue! imperative singular
- traut! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trauen in German?
trauen appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).