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vertrauen: trust — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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vertrauen

trust

to believe that a person, source, judgment, or process is reliable and can be relied on

IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 87%

to believe that a person, source, judgment, or process is reliable and can be relied on

Ich vertraue meiner Kollegin, weil sie sehr zuverlässig ist.

Wir vertrauen auf die aktuellen Verkehrsdaten.

Du kannst deinem eigenen Urteil mehr vertrauen.

Do not use an accusative person directly: it is jemandem vertrauen, not jemanden vertrauen. auf + accusative emphasizes relying on something.

Say Ich vertraue dir. For things or developments, auf + accusative is also common: auf die Erfahrung vertrauen.

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Which sentence is grammatically correct?

vertrauen is non-separable. It commonly takes a dative object (jemandem vertrauen) or auf + accusative when relying on something.