Noun: tro
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | tro |
| Sg. Def. | tron |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | tros |
| Sg. Def. | trons |
Sample Sentences
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Min tro är att han är skyldig (My belief is that he's guilty)
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hennes tro på tomten (her belief in Santa Claus)
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blind tro på auktoriteter (blind faith in authorities)
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Jag vill känna tro på framtiden (I want to have faith in the future)
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Tro. Jag vill känna tro. Jag vill känna morgondagen nalkas här i lugn och ro. (Faith [ambiguous, but likely faith in the future going on the rest of the lyrics]. I want to feel faith. I want to feel tomorrow approaching [in, not to] here with peace of mind (in peace and tranquility).) [1996, Marie Fredriksson, “Tro [Faith]”, in I en tid som vår [In a time like ours]:]
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den kristna tron (the Christian faith)
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vara stark i tron (be strong in the faith)
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Ingen kultur eller civilisation utan tro på gudar (No culture or civilization without faith in gods)
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svära konungen tro och loven (swear allegiance to the king)
Nouns inflected like tro
kålrabbi,
assamesiska,
kundservice,
livsglädje,
farmakologi,
urologi,
urofili,
snöyra,
uppståndelse,
smegma,
skälva,
sodomi,
javanska,
sharia,
skumpa,
förintelseförnekelse,
upplysningsfilosofi,
kristallografi,
krimtatariska,
gerontofili, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Swedish trō, from Old Norse trú, from Proto-Germanic *trūwō. See: Old Norse Nouns '
trú'.
Verbs referencing "tro"
English Nouns
trow, Finnish Nouns
turva.
Translations
believe, to accept as true
believe, to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
believe, to consider likely
believe, to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
buy, to accept as true
guess, to suppose
suppose, to suppose
suspect, imagine or suppose to be true, without proof
think, guess, reckon