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Lotte schaut misstrauisch auf die Nachricht des Unbekannten. Lotte looks suspiciously at the stranger's message.

adjective · B1

misstrauisch

[ˈmɪstʁaʊ̯ɪʃ]

suspicious, distrustful

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Grammar

Comparative
misstrauischer Compares two things: … als …
Superlative
am misstrauischsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

miss prefix trau root isch suffix

miss-
wrongly, badly: missverstehen (to misunderstand).
-isch
makes an adjective, often of countries: praktisch (practical), typisch (typical).

Word family

das Misstrauenvertrauentrauen

In Otti's situations: Lotte and social media, Otti almost falls for a scam

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