truande

• Homophones: truandent, truandes

truande

1. inflection of truander:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

From the verb tru. Similar to Danish and Swedish troende.

truande (singular and plural truande, comparative meir truande, superlative mest truande)

1. of someone who believes, particularly of religious belief

   Det bur mange truande folk i denne byen.

   There are many believers in this town.

   Dei truande samla seg i stavkyrkja

   The believers gathered in the stave church

2. (somewhat rare) reliable

   Synonyms: påliteleg, sikker, truleg

truande

1. present participle of tru

truande (singular and plural truande, comparative meir truande, superlative mest truande)

1. Alternative form of trugande

truande

1. present participle of trua

• “truande” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.