Vocabulary
misstrauisch
· adjective
suspicious, distrustful, wary
When you don't trust someone yet — a stranger at the door, an offer that sounds too good to be true.
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Forms
- Komparativ
- misstrauischer
- Superlativ
- am misstrauischsten
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
misstrauisch
suspicious, distrustful, wary
Die Mutter musterte ihn misstrauisch.
The mother eyed him suspiciously.
Word family
misstrauischdas Misstrauendistrust, suspicionmisstrauen (+ Dativ)to distrustdas Vertrauentrust
Common combinations
- jemanden misstrauisch ansehento look at someone suspiciously
- misstrauisch werdento become suspicious
- misstrauisch gegenüber Fremden seinto be wary of strangers
Similar & opposite
↔ Opposites
vertrauensvollarglos
Real examples
- Die Mutter musterte ihn misstrauisch.The mother eyed him suspiciously.
- Als er mir so viel Geld anbot, wurde ich misstrauisch.When he offered me so much money, I became suspicious.
