Vertrauen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assurance noun A confident promise or statement meant to remove doubt.
- confide verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
- confidence noun A feeling of self-assurance and belief in your own abilities.
- credence noun Acceptance of something as true or trustworthy, usually because there is evidence for it.
- credit noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
- faith noun Confidence or trust in someone or something, based on past experience or evidence.
- reliance noun Dependence on or trust in someone or something.
- rely verb To depend on someone or something; to trust that it will do what is needed.
- trust noun Firm belief in the reliability or honesty of someone or something.
Senses
Vertrauen is used for these senses in English:
- assurance The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
- confide (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
- confidence A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
- credence (uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
- credit Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
- faith A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
- reliance The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust.
- trust Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
assurance — full definition
- noun A confident promise or statement meant to remove doubt.
- noun Confidence in oneself; self-assured certainty.
- noun British English term for insurance, especially life insurance.
confide — full definition
- verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
- verb To entrust a task or responsibility to someone.