tro't

Swedish

Contraction

tro't

  1. Contraction of tro det (believe it).
    • 1955, “Kattvisan [The cat song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Lille Bror Söderlundh (music):
      Tänk, jag drömde i natt, att jag hade en katt, och han åt bara sill och potäter. Du får tro't om du vill, men potäter och sill, det är just vad små kattungar äter.
      See [the "tänk" (think) expresses (mild) thoughtful amazement], I dreamed last night, that I had a cat, and he only ate herring and potatoes. Believe it or not ["You may believe it if you want"], but potatoes and herring, that is exactly what little kittens eat.
    • 1979, Västgöta-Bengtsson, Med Västgöta-Bengtsson i Linnés fotspår genom Västergötland, page 136:
      Här är det väl bra frestande att med Ibsen i ”Vildandens” slutord utropa: ”Fan tro't!
      Here, it's quite tempting to exclaim with Ibsen's closing words in "The Wild Duck": "Damn it!"
      (literally, “Here it is tempting, indeed, to exclaim with Ibsen in the final words of "The Wild Duck": "Devil belive it!"”)
    • 2023 May 17, Tomas Helenius, FZ:
      Tro't eller ej, men Skull and Bones släpps senare än vad Ubisoft antytt.
      Believe it or not, but Skull and Bones is being released later than Ubisoft had suggested.
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