zutrauen

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German

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Etymology

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zu- +‎ trauen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡suːˌtʁaʊ̯ən]
  • Hyphenation: zu‧trau‧en
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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zutrauen (weak, third-person singular present traut zu, past tense traute zu, past participle zugetraut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to give (someone) credit for; to think (someone) is capable of [with accusative ‘something’ or zu (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
  2. (transitive, dative reflexive) to have (a specified) confidence in oneself [with viel ‘a lot of’ or zu viel ‘too much’ or nichts ‘no’]
    Er traut sich zu viel zu.He is overconfident. (literally, “He has' too much confidence in himself.”)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • zutrauen” in Duden online
  • zutrauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache