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GERMAN VERB

vertrauen

to trust

  • #438 most used
  • Weak verb
  • Past participle: vertraut

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I trust
  2. du you trust
  3. er, sie, es he/she trusts
  4. wir we trust
  5. ihr you all trust
  6. sie, Sie they trust

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I trusted
  2. du you trusted
  3. er, sie, es he/she trusted
  4. wir we trusted
  5. ihr you all trusted
  6. sie, Sie they trusted

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have trusted
  2. du you have trusted
  3. er, sie, es he/she has trusted
  4. wir we have trusted
  5. ihr you all have trusted
  6. sie, Sie they have trusted

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will trust
  2. du you will trust
  3. er, sie, es he/she will trust
  4. wir we will trust
  5. ihr you all will trust
  6. sie, Sie they will trust

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would trust
  2. du you would trust
  3. er, sie, es he/she would trust
  4. wir we would trust
  5. ihr you all would trust
  6. sie, Sie they would trust

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du trust!
  2. ihr trust! (all of you)
  3. Sie trust! (formal)

How to use vertrauen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich vertraue meinem Arzt völlig.

    I trust my doctor completely.

  2. Simple past

    Damals vertraute ich ihm blind.

    Back then I trusted him blindly.

  3. Perfect

    Ich habe dir immer vertraut.

    I've always trusted you.

  4. Future

    Nach dieser Lüge wird er dir nicht mehr vertrauen.

    After that lie he won't trust you anymore.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde dieser Firma nicht vertrauen.

    I wouldn't trust this company.

  6. Imperative

    Vertrau mir, es wird alles gut.

    Trust me, everything will be fine.

Good to know

  • Vertrauen takes the dative: Ich vertraue dir. Vertrauen auf is to put your trust in something.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: weak verb.