trend

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a general direction and tendency (esp. of events, fashion, or opinion etc.)'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian trend mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch trend [trεnt] 1940s the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish trendi mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German trend [trent] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Hungarian trend [trend] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian trend [= English] 1930s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian trend [= English] mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Polish trend [trent] mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.
  • Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: trend [= English], 1980s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: slang; Romanian: trend [= English], 1970s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English > restricted use: technical; Russian: trend, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: modern; Bulgarian: trend, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical (economy); Albanian: trend, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: regional; Greek: < tasi (mean.);,