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traust
traust
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse traust (“confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (“trust, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (“to be firm, be solid”). See also treysta (“to trust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰrøyst/
- Rhymes: -øyst
Noun
traust n (genitive singular trausts, no plural)
- trust, faith
- Ég hef alltaf synt þér traust.
- I have always shown faith in you.
- Ég hef alltaf synt þér traust.
- confidence, trust
Declension
declension of traust
| n-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | traust | traustið |
| accusative | traust | traustið |
| dative | trausti | traustinu |
| genitive | trausts | traustsins |