vertraut
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯t/
vertraut is spelled V-E-R-T-R-A-U-T (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertraut is a German adjective meaning “close, intimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of vertrauen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem sehr gut bekannt, eng verbunden”.
What does vertraut mean in English?
adjective
- 1
close, intimate
- 2
familiar
verb
- 1
past participle of vertrauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemandem sehr gut bekannt, eng verbunden 2. etwas sehr gut kennend
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 vertraut
- vertrauter masculine nominative singular
- am vertrautesten superlative
- vertraute feminine nominative singular
- vertrautes neuter nominative singular
- vertrauten genitive masculine singular
- vertrautem dative masculine singular
- der vertraute definite includes-article masculine
- die vertraute definite feminine includes-article
- das vertraute definite includes-article neuter
- die vertrauten definite includes-article nominative
- des vertrauten definite genitive includes-article
- der vertrauten definite feminine genitive
- dem vertrauten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vertraut?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯t/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vertraut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertraut in German?
vertraut appears 19 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).