treu
German, adjective
treu is spelled T-R-E-U (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Treu is a German adjective meaning “loyal; faithful; true” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Treu is a different word: “apocopic form of Treue”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu einem Menschen, Gedanken oder einer Abmachung haltend”.
What does treu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loyal; faithful; true
Willst du deinen eigenen Worten nicht treu bleiben?
noun
- 1
feminineapocopic form of Treue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu einem Menschen, Gedanken oder einer Abmachung haltend
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 treu
- treuer masculine nominative singular
- am treuesten superlative
- am treusten superlative
- treue feminine nominative singular
- treues neuter nominative singular
- treuen genitive masculine singular
- treuem dative masculine singular
- der treue definite includes-article masculine
- die treue definite feminine includes-article
- das treue definite includes-article neuter
- die treuen definite includes-article nominative
- des treuen definite genitive includes-article
- der treuen definite feminine genitive
- dem treuen dative definite includes-article
- threu obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to treu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is treu in German?
treu appears 14 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).