vertrauen
German, verb
vertrauen is spelled V-E-R-T-R-A-U-E-N (9 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written German, the 1,391st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertrauen is a German verb meaning “to trust, to place confidence in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vertrauen is a different word: “gerund of vertrauen; trust (confidence in or reliance on some person…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf jemanden, auf etwas seine Zuversicht richten, hoffen”.
What does vertrauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trust, to place confidence in
Ich vertraue deinem Instinkt.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vertrauen; trust (confidence in or reliance on some person or quality)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Überzeugung von der Richtigkeit beziehungsweise Wahrheit einer Handlung oder eines anderen Menschen, die in der Regel ein gegenseitiges Verhältnis der Zuverlässigkeit bedingt
verb: 1. auf jemanden, auf etwas seine Zuversicht richten, hoffen
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 vertrauen
- vertraut present singular third-person
- vertraute past
- haben auxiliary
- vertrauend participle present
- vertraue first-person indicative present
- vertraust indicative present second-person
- vertrauest second-person singular subjunctive
- vertrauet plural second-person subjunctive
- vertrauten first-person indicative plural
- vertrautest indicative preterite second-person
- vertrautet indicative plural preterite
- vertrau imperative second-person singular
- habe vertraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben vertraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Vertrauens genitive singular
- vertrau! imperative singular
- vertraue! imperative singular
- vertraut! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vertrauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertrauen in German?
vertrauen appears 62 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).