glauben
German (Berlin)
/ˈɡlaʊ̯bm̩/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to believe (to think someone/something exists = an + acc.; to think something someone says is correct = dat.)
- to think
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German gelouben inherited from Old High German gilouben (believe) inherited from *galaubijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną (believe, hold valuable pleasing, have faith).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*galaubijaną
Gloss
believe, hold valuable pleasing, have faith
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- believability English
- believable English
- believe English
- believer English
- believest English
- believeth English
- believing English
- disbelieve English
- forebelieve English
- misbelieve English
- rebelieve English
- unbelieve English
- Glaubwürdigkeit German
- autoritätsgläubig German
- glaublich German
- glaubwürdig German
- gläubig German
- gutgläubig German
- kleingläubig German
- strenggläubig German
- unglaubwürdig German
- gelofte Dutch, Flemish
- geloven Dutch, Flemish
- wangeloven Dutch, Flemish
- *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *galaubijaną Proto-Germanic
- *laubijaną Proto-Germanic
- *laubijaną, *(uz)laubijaną Proto-Germanic
- belīefan Old English
- geliefan Old English
- līefan Old English
- beleven Middle English
- leyfa Old Norse
- leyfa Icelandic
- belib Cebuano
- gelôven Middle Dutch
- *gilouven Old High German
- gilouben Old High German
- glo Afrikaans
- loyva Faroese
- gelouben Middle High German
- gleewen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- גלייבן Yiddish
- *galaubijan gmw-pro
- gilōven Old Dutch
- gelȫven Middle Low German
- gilovian Old Saxon
- gilōvian Old Saxon
- gilōƀian Old Saxon
- glöven Low German
- löven Low German
- glaave Hunsrik