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en tröst

solace, comfort

Meaning

solace; comfort

In Swedish: uppmuntran (i sorg el. motgång), lindring

Forms

Forms of tröst
Singular, indefiniteen tröst
Singular, definitetrösten

tröst is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor tröst, den stora trösten. Check another noun

Practise tröst

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tröst in a sentence

  • finna tröst i naturen
    find solace in nature
  • säga några tröstens ord
    say a few comforting words
  • När man tröstar en person så ger man personen tröst
    When you comfort a person, you give that person consolation [comfort in that sense]
  • Breven hon sparat från sin avlidne make har varit en stor tröst
    The letters she [have – implied from supine] saved from her deceased husband have been a great comfort
  • Om det är någon tröst så hade det nog inte fungerat i vilket fall
    If it's any consolation, it probably wouldn't have worked in any case
  • Att det finns andra med samma problem är en klen tröst när man kämpar för att få vardagen att gå ihop
    That there are others with the same problem is little comfort [a weak comfort] when you're struggling to make everyday life come together
  • Jag hoppas att det kan vara till tröst
    I hope it can be of comfort

Questions

What does tröst mean in English?

tröst means “solace, comfort”.

Is it en tröst or ett tröst?

It is en tröst, and “the solace” is trösten.

Origin

From Old Norse traust, from Proto-Germanic *traustą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *derw-, *drew-, *drū-.

Nearby common words

tröst is number 3,350 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 3,346beställd ordered
  • 3,347ko cow
  • 3,348avlägsna remove, dismiss
  • 3,349väck lost, gone (not found), out of it, gone, very intoxicated, not aware of what's going on
  • 3,351chockad chocked
  • 3,352djupare deeper
  • 3,353inatt alternative form of i natt
  • 3,354ditåt that way, in that direction
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary