believe

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• /bəˈliːv/ weak vowel merger
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• [bəˈlɪi̯v] weak vowel merger
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• rhymes with -iːv
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• homophone: beleave
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epider. Proto-Indo-European *h1pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *lewbh-der. Proto-Germanic *laubō Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laubijaną Proto-West Germanic *laubijan Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan Old English belīefan Middle English bileven English believe From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English belīefan (“to believe”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan (“to believe”), equivalent to be- + leave (“to give leave or permission to, permit, allow, grant”). Cognate with Scots beleve (“to believe”), Old Frisian bilēva (“to permit”), Middle Dutch beloven (“to believe, entrust”), Middle Low German belö̂ven (“to believe”), Middle High German belouben (“to believe”). A related term in Old English was ġelīefan (“to be dear to; believe, trust”), from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan (“to have faith, believe”), from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną. Compare also Old English ġelēafa (“belief, faith, confidence, trust”), Old English lēof ("dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable" > English lief). Related also to North Frisian leauwjen (“to believe”), Saterland Frisian leeuwe (“to believe”), West Frisian leauwe (“to believe”), Dutch geloven (“to believe”), German Low German glöven (“to believe”), German glauben (“to believe”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan, “to hold dear, valuable, or satisfactory, approve of, believe”). The prepositionally transitive senses with in are a semantic loan from Latin crēdō in aliquem / aliquid.

388 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: glo — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Albanian: besoj — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Amharic: አመነ (ʾämänä) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Chungli Ao: amang — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Arabic: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Arabic: تاق (tāq) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Aragonese: creyer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Argobba: አመና (ämäna) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Armenian: հավատալ (havatal) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Aromanian: pistipsescu — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Aromanian: cred — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Asturian: creyer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Asturian: creer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Aukan: biibi — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Azerbaijani: inanmaq — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Bashkir: ышаныу (ışanıw) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Belarusian: ве́рыць (vjérycʹ) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Belarusian: паве́рыць (pavjérycʹ) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Bengali: বিশ্বাস (biśśaś) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Bhojpuri: पतियावल (patiyāval) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Bulgarian: вя́рвам (vjárvam) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Burmese: ယုံ (yum) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Catalan: creure — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Cebuano: tuo — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Chinese: щин (xin) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Chinese Mandarin: 相信 (xiāngxìn) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Czech: věřit — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Dalmatian: credro — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Danish: tro — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Dutch: geloven — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Esperanto: kredi je — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Esperanto: kredi — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Estonian: uskuma — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Faroese: trúgva — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Finnish: uskoa — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• French: croire — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• North Frisian: liiwe — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• West-Frisian: leauwe — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Friulian: crodi — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Galician: crer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ge'ez: አምነ (ʾämnä) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Georgian: დაჯერება (daǯereba) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• German: glauben — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• German: aanemme — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Greek: πιστεύω (pistévo) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ancient Greek: πιστεύω (pisteúō) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Haitian Creole: kwè — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Hebrew: הֶאֱמִין (he'emín) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Hiligaynon: tuo — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Hindi: मानना (mānnā) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Hungarian: hisz — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Hunsrik: glaave — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Icelandic: trúa — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ido: kredar — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Indonesian: percaya — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Indonesian: memercayai — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ingrian: uskoa — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Irish: creid — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Old Irish: creitid — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Italian: credere — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Japanese: 信じる (shinjiru) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Javanese: percaya — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Old Javanese: pracaya — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Kabuverdianu: akridita — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Kazakh: сену (senu) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Khmer: ជឿ (cɨə) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Korean: 믿다 (mitda) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Northern Kurdish: bawer kirin — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Kyrgyz: ишенүү (işenüü) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Lao: ເຊື່ອ (sư̄a) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Latgalian: ticēt — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Latgalian: īticēt — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Latin: crēdō — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Latvian: ticēt — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Lithuanian: tikėti — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Lombard: cred — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Lü: ᦵᦋᦲᧈ (tsoe1) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Luxembourgish: gleewen — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Macedonian: верува (veruva) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Malay: percaya — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Malayalam: വിശ്വസിക്കുക (viśvasikkuka) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Maltese: emmen — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Mirandese: acraditar — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Mongolian: итгэх (itgex) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Norman: craithe — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Norman: creire — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Norwegian Bokmål: tro — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tru — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Occitan: creire — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Occitan: créder — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Occitan: créser — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Southern Ohlone: aaman — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Old East Slavic: вѣрити — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Old English: ġelīefan — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Old Norse: trúa — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Oromo: amanuu — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ossetian: уыриын (wyriyn) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Pannonian Rusyn: вериц (veric) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Iranian Persian: باوَر کَرْدَن (bâvar kardan) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Iranian Persian: اِعْتِقاد داشْتَن (e'teġâd dâštan) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Iranian Persian: مُعْتَقِد بودَن (mo'taġed budan) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Piedmontese: chërde — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Polish: wierzyć — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Portuguese: acreditar — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Portuguese: crer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Quechua: iñiy — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Romanian: crede — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Romansh: crair — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Romansh: crer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Romansh: creir — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Romansh: crajer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Russian: ве́рить (véritʹ) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Russian: пове́рить (povéritʹ) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sanskrit: श्रद्दधाति (śraddadhāti) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sardinian: crèdere — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sardinian: crèere — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sardinian: crei — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sardinian: crèiri — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sardinian: crere — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏ровати — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Serbo-Croatian: вје̏ровати — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅrovati — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Serbo-Croatian: vjȅrovati — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sicilian: crìdiri — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sicilian: crìriri — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Slovak: veriť — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Slovene: verjeti — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Southern Altai: иженер (ižener) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Spanish: creer — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sranan Tongo: bribi — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Sundanese: percanten — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Swedish: tro — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Tagalog: maniwala — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Tajik: бовар кардан (bovar kardan) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Tajik: эътиқод доштан (e'tiqod doštan) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Tamil: நம்பு (nampu) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Tatar: инанырга (inanırğa) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Telugu: నమ్ము (nammu) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Thai: เชื่อ (chʉ̂ʉa) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Turkish: inanmak — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ottoman Turkish: اینانمق (inanmak) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Turkmen: ynanmak — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Udmurt: оскыны (oskyny) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ukrainian: ві́рити (víryty) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Ukrainian: пові́рити (povíryty) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Unami: wëlamhìta — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Urdu: مانْنا (mānnā) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Urdu: اِعْتِبار کَرْنا (i'tibār karnā) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Urdu: یَقِین کَرْنا (yaqīn karnā) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Uyghur: ئىشەنمەك (ishenmek) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Uzbek: ishonmoq — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Venetan: crédar — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Venetan: créder — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Vietnamese: tin — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Vietnamese: tin tưởng — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Walloon: croere — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Welsh: credu — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Yiddish: גלייבן (gleybn) — to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)
• Afrikaans: glo — to accept as true
• Arabic: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa) — to accept as true
• Arabic: تاق (tāq) — to accept as true
• Asturian: creyer — to accept as true
• Asturian: creer — to accept as true
• Bashkir: ышаныу (ışanıw) — to accept as true
• Bulgarian: вя́рвам (vjárvam) — to accept as true
• Bulgarian: смя́там (smjátam) — to accept as true
• Bulgarian: ми́сля (míslja) — to accept as true
• Catalan: creure — to accept as true
• Cherokee: ᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎦ (gohiyuhvsga) — to accept as true
• Chinese: щин (xin) — to accept as true
• Chinese Mandarin: 相信 (xiāngxìn) — to accept as true
• Czech: věřit — to accept as true
• Danish: tro — to accept as true
• Dutch: geloven — to accept as true
• Esperanto: kredi — to accept as true
• Esperanto: fidi — to accept as true
• Estonian: uskuma — to accept as true
• Finnish: uskoa — to accept as true
• French: croire — to accept as true
• West-Frisian: leauwe — to accept as true
• Galician: crer — to accept as true
• German: glauben — to accept as true
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan) — to accept as true
• Greek: πιστεύω (pistévo) — to accept as true
• Ancient Greek: νομίζω (nomízō) — to accept as true
• Hebrew: הֶאֱמִין (he'emín) — to accept as true
• Hindi: सच्चा (saccā) — to accept as true
• Hindi: सत्य (satya) — to accept as true
• Ido: kredar — to accept as true
• Indonesian: percaya — to accept as true
• Indonesian: memercayai — to accept as true
• Irish: creid — to accept as true
• Old Irish: creitid — to accept as true
• Italian: credere — to accept as true
• Japanese: 信じる (shinjiru) — to accept as true
• Kabuverdianu: akridita — to accept as true
• Korean: 믿다 (mitda) — to accept as true
• Latin: crēdō — to accept as true
• Latvian: ticēt — to accept as true
• Lithuanian: tikėti — to accept as true
• Lithuanian: patikėti — to accept as true
• Luxembourgish: gleewen — to accept as true
• Malayalam: വിശ്വസിക്കുക (viśvasikkuka) — to accept as true
• Maltese: emmen — to accept as true
• Mauritian Creole: krwar — to accept as true
• Mirandese: acraditar — to accept as true
• Norman: craithe — to accept as true
• Norman: creire — to accept as true
• Old Occitan: creyre — to accept as true
• Old English: ġelīefan — to accept as true
• Iranian Persian: باوَر کَرْدَن (bâvar kardan) — to accept as true
• Iranian Persian: اِعْتِقاد داشْتَن (e'teġâd dâštan) — to accept as true
• Portuguese: acreditar — to accept as true
• Portuguese: crer — to accept as true
• Portuguese: confiar — to accept as true
• Quechua: iñiy — to accept as true
• Romanian: crede — to accept as true
• Russian: ве́рить (véritʹ) — to accept as true
• Russian: пове́рить (povéritʹ) — to accept as true
• Sanskrit: श्रद्दधाति (śraddadhāti) — to accept as true
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏ровати — to accept as true
• Serbo-Croatian: вје̏ровати — to accept as true
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅrovati — to accept as true
• Serbo-Croatian: vjȅrovati — to accept as true
• Slovak: veriť — to accept as true
• Slovene: verjeti — to accept as true
• Spanish: creer — to accept as true
• Swedish: tro — to accept as true
• Tagalog: maniwala — to accept as true
• Tamil: ஏற்க (ēṟka) — to accept as true
• Tamil: ஏற்றுக்கொள் (ēṟṟukkoḷ) — to accept as true
• Tamil: ஒப்புக்கொள் (oppukkoḷ) — to accept as true
• Tamil: நம்பு (nampu) — to accept as true
• Telugu: ఒప్పుకో (oppukō) — to accept as true
• Turkish: inanmak — to accept as true
• Ottoman Turkish: اینانمق (inanmak) — to accept as true
• Ukrainian: ві́рити (víryty) — to accept as true
• Walloon: croere — to accept as true
• Welsh: credu — to accept as true
• Afrikaans: glo — to consider likely
• Arabic: ظَنَّ (ẓanna) — to consider likely
• Arabic: ضنّ (ḍann) — to consider likely
• Belarusian: меркава́ць (mjerkavácʹ) — to consider likely
• Belarusian: ду́маць (dúmacʹ) — to consider likely
• Bulgarian: смя́там (smjátam) — to consider likely
• Bulgarian: ми́сля (míslja) — to consider likely
• Chinese Mandarin: 覺得 /觉得 (juéde) — to consider likely
• Czech: myslet — to consider likely
• Danish: tro — to consider likely
• Danish: mene — to consider likely
• Dutch: geloven — to consider likely
• Dutch: denken — to consider likely
• Esperanto: kredi — to consider likely
• Estonian: uskuma — to consider likely
• Finnish: uskoa — to consider likely
• French: croire — to consider likely
• French: penser — to consider likely
• West-Frisian: leauwe — to consider likely
• German: glauben — to consider likely
• German: denken — to consider likely
• Ido: kredar — to consider likely
• Indonesian: yakin — to consider likely
• Irish: creid — to consider likely
• Old Irish: creitid — to consider likely
• Italian: credere — to consider likely
• Japanese: 思う (omou) — to consider likely
• Kabuverdianu: akridita — to consider likely
• Korean: 생각하다 (saenggakhada) — to consider likely
• Latin: crēdō — to consider likely
• Mirandese: acraditar — to consider likely
• Norman: craithe — to consider likely
• Norman: creire — to consider likely
• Old English: ġelīefan — to consider likely
• Polish: sądzić — to consider likely
• Polish: przypuszczać — to consider likely
• Polish: myśleć — to consider likely
• Portuguese: acreditar — to consider likely
• Portuguese: crer — to consider likely
• Portuguese: achar — to consider likely
• Russian: полага́ть (polagátʹ) — to consider likely
• Russian: счита́ть (sčitátʹ) — to consider likely
• Russian: ду́мать (dúmatʹ) — to consider likely
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich — to consider likely
• Scottish Gaelic: saoil — to consider likely
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏ровати — to consider likely
• Serbo-Croatian: вје̏ровати — to consider likely
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅrovati — to consider likely
• Serbo-Croatian: vjȅrovati — to consider likely
• Spanish: creer — to consider likely
• Swedish: tro — to consider likely
• Swedish: förmoda — to consider likely
• Swedish: anta — to consider likely
• Tamil: நினை (niṉai) — to consider likely
• Telugu: అనుకో (anukō) — to consider likely
• Turkish: inanmak — to consider likely
• Ukrainian: вважа́ти (vvažáty) — to consider likely
• Ukrainian: ду́мати (dúmaty) — to consider likely
• Walloon: croere — to consider likely
• Welsh: credu — to consider likely
• Arabic: آمَنَ (ʔāmana) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Arabic: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Arabic: آمن (ʔāman) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Bulgarian: вя́рвам (vjárvam) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Chinese Mandarin: 信仰 (xìnyǎng) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Czech: věřit — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Danish: tro — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Dutch: geloven — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Esperanto: kredi — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Esperanto: fidi — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Estonian: uskuma — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Finnish: uskoa — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• French: croire — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• West-Frisian: leauwe — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• German: glauben — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Greek: πιστεύω (pistévo) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Hebrew: הֶאֱמִין (he'emín) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Hindi: आस्था (āsthā) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Hindi: श्रद्धा (śraddhā) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Ido: kredar — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Indonesian: beriman — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Irish: creid — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Old Irish: creitid — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Italian: credere — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Japanese: 信じる (shinjiru) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Kabuverdianu: akridita — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Malayalam: വിശ്വസിക്കുക (viśvasikkuka) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Maltese: emmen — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Mirandese: acraditar — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Navajo: oodlą́ — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Norman: craithe — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Norman: creire — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Norwegian Bokmål: tro — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tru — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Old English: ġelīefan — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Iranian Persian: ایمان داشْتَن (imân dâštan) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Polish: wierzyć — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Portuguese: acreditar — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Portuguese: crer — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Quechua: iñiy — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Russian: ве́рить (véritʹ) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Russian: пове́рить (povéritʹ) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Russian: ве́ровать (vérovatʹ) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏ровати — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Serbo-Croatian: вје̏ровати — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏ровати — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Serbo-Croatian: vjȅrovati — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Slovene: verjeti — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Slovene: verovati — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Spanish: creer — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Spanish: tener fe — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Swedish: tro — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Tamil: நம்பு (nampu) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Turkish: inanmak — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Ukrainian: ві́рувати (víruvaty) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Ukrainian: ві́рити (víryty) — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Walloon: croere — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Welsh: credu — to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth
• Arabic: آمَنَ بِـ (ʔāmana bi-) — to ascribe existence to
• Chinese Mandarin: 信仰 (xìnyǎng) — to ascribe existence to
• Dutch: geloven in — to ascribe existence to
• Finnish: uskoa — to ascribe existence to
• French: croire à — to ascribe existence to
• French: croire en — to ascribe existence to
• German: glauben an — to ascribe existence to
• Irish: creid i — to ascribe existence to
• Polish: wierzyć w — to ascribe existence to
• Russian: ве́рить в (véritʹ v) — to ascribe existence to
• Swedish: tro — to ascribe existence to
• Tamil: நம்பு (nampu) — to ascribe existence to
• Turkish: inanmak — to ascribe existence to
• Ukrainian: ві́рити в (víryty v) — to ascribe existence to
• Dutch: geloven in — to believe that something is right or desirable
• Finnish: uskoa — to believe that something is right or desirable
• Irish: creid i — to believe that something is right or desirable
• Polish: wierzyć — to believe that something is right or desirable
• Tamil: நினை (niṉai) — to believe that something is right or desirable
• Turkish: inanmak — to believe that something is right or desirable
• Dutch: geloven in — to have confidence in
• Finnish: uskoa — to have confidence in
• German: glauben an — to have confidence in
• Irish: iontaoibh a bheith agat — to have confidence in
• Irish: muinín a bheith agat — to have confidence in
• Polish: wierzyć — to have confidence in
• Tamil: உறுதி (uṟuti) — to have confidence in
• Tamil: நம்பு (nampu) — to have confidence in
• Turkish: güvenmek — to have confidence in
• Turkish: inanmak — to have confidence in