Förtro
Förtro is a Swedish linguistic stem used in forming words related to trust and confidence. It is not typically used as an independent word in modern Swedish; the common noun is förtroende, meaning trust or confidence. The related verb form is förtrösta, meaning to entrust or to place confidence in someone or something. Several derived nouns and compounds also exist, built from the same root.
The morpheme fö rtro- is a historical root that appears in multiple related words. It functions as
Common Swedish terms derived from the root förtro include:
- Förtroende, the standard noun for trust or confidence.
- Förtrösta, the verb meaning to entrust or to rely on.
- Förtroendekapital, a concept used in discussions of social or investor trust and its impact on organizations.
- Förtroendevalda, referring to elected representatives who are trusted by voters.
- Förtroendekris, a crisis of public trust or confidence.
Förtro as a stand-alone lexical item is rare outside scholarly or morphological discussions. In everyday language,
Trust in language; Förtrösta; Förtroende in political and corporate contexts.