glauben

See also: Glauben

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gelouben, glouben, from Old High German gilouben, from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon gilōƀian, Middle Low German gelȫven, Middle Dutch ghelōven, Dutch geloven, Old English gelēfan, gelīefan (see also English believe, from Old English belȳfan, belēfan), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlaʊ̯bm̩/, /ˈɡlaʊ̯bən/
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Verb

glauben (third-person singular simple present glaubt, past tense glaubte, past participle geglaubt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to believe (to think someone/something exists = an + acc.; to think something someone says is correct = dat.)
    Glaubst du an Engel?
    Do you believe in angels?
    Niemand kann ihm glauben.
    No one can believe him.
    Woran glaubst du?
    What do you believe in?
  2. to think
    Glaubst du das ist so richtig?
    Do you think this is right like this?

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • daran glauben müssen

Further reading

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