UrsprungFrom Old Norse traust, from Proto-Germanic *traustą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *derw-, *drew-, *drū-.
- common-gendercomfort, consolation
“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
- colloquial, common-gendera (baby's) pacifier
Formertröst(indefinite, nominative, singular) · trösts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · trösten(definite, nominative, singular) · tröstens(definite, genitive, singular) · -(indefinite, nominative, plural) · -(genitive, indefinite, plural) · -(definite, nominative, plural) · -(definite, genitive, plural)