trauen

to trust, to believe

Past (Präteritum)

traute

Past participle

getraut (haben)

Often used in the idiom 'seinen Augen nicht trauen' (cannot believe one's eyes). When used as a reflexive verb 'sich trauen', it means 'to dare'. It can also mean to perform a marriage ceremony (to marry a couple). It is a weak verb, taking 'haben'. In the context of the text, it refers to disbelief regarding the surprise discovery of the photo, hence 'traute ihren Augen kaum'. When used in the sense of a wedding, it requires the dative case for the object of trust or the person being married (e.g., 'Der Pfarrer traute das Paar'). It is important to distinguish this from 'vertrauen', which always takes the dative case and implies deep trust or reliance (e.g., 'Ich vertraue dir'). While 'trauen' can be transitive in the context of marriage, in the context of believing (the eyes), it is usually used with 'seinen Augen' in the dative case, and the verb itself functions as a transitive verb taking the accusative object, though here the idiom dictates the dative object 'den Augen'. Note that in the past, it remains a standard weak conjugation (traute). Compounds often change the meaning towards daring or confidence (vertrauen, zutrauen). The separable 'zutrauen' is very common, expressing whether one believes someone is capable of something (e.g., 'Ich traue ihm das zu').

Conjugation

Present

traut

present, singular, third-person

traue

first-person, indicative, present, singular

trauen

first-person, indicative, plural, present

traust

indicative, present, second-person, singular

Past

traute

past

trauten

first-person, indicative, plural, preterite

trautest

indicative, preterite, second-person, singular

trautet

indicative, plural, preterite, second-person

Subjunctive

traue

first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

trauen

first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

trauest

second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

trauet

plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

traute

first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

trauten

first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

trautest

formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

trautet

formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

habe getraut

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive

haben getraut

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive

habest getraut

multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

habet getraut

multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

hätte getraut

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive

hätten getraut

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive

hättest getraut

multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

hättet getraut

multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

werde trauen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden trauen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest trauen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet trauen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde trauen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden trauen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdest trauen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdet trauen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

werde getraut haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden getraut haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest getraut haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet getraut haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde getraut haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden getraut haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

Imperative

trau

imperative, second-person, singular

traue

imperative, second-person, singular

traut

imperative, plural, second-person

Participle

getraut

participle, past

trauend

participle, present

Infinitive

trauen

infinitive

Other

habe getraut

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular

haben getraut

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural

hast getraut

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular

habt getraut

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person

hat getraut

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person

hatte getraut

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular

hatten getraut

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural

hattest getraut

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular

hattet getraut

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person

trauen werden

future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde trauen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden trauen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst trauen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet trauen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird trauen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

getraut haben werden

future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde getraut haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden getraut haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst getraut haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet getraut haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird getraut haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

Trauen

form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong

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