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Kalle vertraut der Karte und findet den Weg durch den Wald. Kalle trusts the map and finds his way through the forest.

verb · B1

vertrauen

[fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən]

to trust

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es vertraut What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es vertraute The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat vertraut The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich vertrauevertrautehabe vertraut
du vertraustvertrautesthast vertraut
er/sie/es vertrautvertrautehat vertraut
wir vertrauenvertrautenhaben vertraut
ihr vertrautvertrautethabt vertraut
sie/Sie vertrauenvertrautenhaben vertraut
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte vertrautwerde vertrauenwerde vertraut haben
du hattest vertrautwirst vertrauenwirst vertraut haben
er/sie/es hatte vertrautwird vertrauenwird vertraut haben
wir hatten vertrautwerden vertrauenwerden vertraut haben
ihr hattet vertrautwerdet vertrauenwerdet vertraut haben
sie/Sie hatten vertrautwerden vertrauenwerden vertraut haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich vertraute
du vertrautest
er/sie/es vertraute
wir vertrauten
ihr vertrautet
sie/Sie vertrauten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde vertrauen.

Person Imperativ
du vertrau!
ihr vertraut!
Sie vertrauen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix trau root en ending

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

das Misstrauenmisstrauischvertraulich

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