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tro.

belief (that something is true or real (without being perfectly certain))

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/truː/

  1. belief (that something is true or real (without being perfectly certain))

    common-gender · uncountable
    Min tro är att han är skyldig
    hennes tro på tomten

  2. belief, faith, trust (thinking that someone is reliable or telling the truth)

    common-gender · uncountable
    blind tro på auktoriteter

  3. belief, faith (thinking that someone or something will or has the capacity to do well or turn out well)

    common-gender · uncountable
    Jag vill känna tro på framtiden

  4. religious faith

    common-gender · uncountable
    den kristna tron
    vara stark i tron

  5. allegiance

    common-gender · dated · uncountable
    svära konungen tro och loven
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish trō, from Old Norse trú, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō.

verb/truː/

  1. to believe, (in the sense of "to believe") to think (think that something is true or real (without being perfectly certain))

    Jag tror han skulle komma vid sextiden
    Hon trodde att Oslo var Danmarks huvudstad

  2. to believe, to trust (someone) (think that they are telling the truth)

    Jag tror dig
    Jag tror dig inte

  3. to believe (in) (think that someone or something will or has the capacity to do well or turn out well)

    tro på någon
    tro på framtiden

  4. to have religious faith

    Tvivla inte utan tro!
    Tror du på Gud?
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish trōa, trōa, from Old Norse trúa, from Proto-Germanic *trūwāną.

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