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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

  1. noun A confident promise or statement meant to remove doubt.
  2. noun Confidence in oneself; self-assured certainty.
  3. noun British English term for insurance, especially life insurance.

confide — full definition

  1. verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
  2. verb To entrust a task or responsibility to someone.

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