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trew

[troy]

adj

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. obsolete spelling of treu
  2. An outdated spelling of the German word for loyal or faithful.
Examples

In alten Texten findet man oft die Schreibweise trew für treu.

In old texts, one often finds the spelling trew for treu.

Das Wort trew taucht in mittelalterlichen Gedichten auf.

The word trew appears in medieval poems.

Pronunciationtroy

Part of speechadj

Registerarchaic

Usage noteThis is an archaic form and should not be used in modern German writing.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.