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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tro.

belief

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/troːˀ/[ˈtsʁo̰ː][ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]

  1. belief

    common-gender · no-plural

  2. confidence

    common-gender · no-plural

  3. trust

    common-gender · no-plural

  4. faith

    common-gender · no-plural
    Ingen kultur eller civilisation uden tro på guder.
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish tro, late Old Norse trú, either a native derivation from the verb or borrowed from Middle Low German trouwe, trūwe, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (“fidelity, pledge”), cognate with English truce, German Treue (“loyalty”).

verb/troːˀ/[ˈtsʁo̰ː][ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]

  1. to believe

  2. to think

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse trúa, from Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”), cognate with English trow and German trauen. Derived from the adjective *trūaz (“trustful”), see below.

adj/troːˀ/[ˈtsʁo̰ː][ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]

  1. faithful

  2. true

  3. loyal

  4. accurate, close

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse trúr, from Proto-Germanic *trūaz (“trustful”), related to Proto-Germanic *trewwaz (“loyal, trustworthy”).

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