Trude is a
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feminine
given name
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meaning "strength".
The name is now most commonly found in
Germany
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and
German-speaking countries
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and in
Norway
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. It is sometimes used as a diminutive of the given names
Gertrude and Gertrud.
Notable people named Trude
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Trude Beiser
Trude Beiser (after her marriage Trude Jochum-Beiser; born 2 September 1927) is a former alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Lech am Arlberg in Vorarlberg, she won two Olympic gold medals and a world championship. Beiser was the first female ...
(born 1927), Austrian alpine ski racer
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Trude Berliner
Trude Berliner (28 February 1903 – 26 February 1977) was a German actress. She was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933.
Biography
Berliner was born Gertrude Berliner in Be ...
(1903–1977), German actress
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Trude Dothan
Trude Dothan (; 12 October 1922 – 28 January 2016) was a professor of archaeology at the Hebrew University, who focused on the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the region, in particular in Philistine culture. Winner of the Israel Prize in Ar ...
(1922–2016), Israeli archaeologist
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Trude Drevland
Trude Drevland (born 27 May 1947) is a Norwegian nurse and politician from the Conservative Party. She was the mayor of Bergen Municipality between 2011 and 2015 and deputy mayor from 2007 to 2011.
Biography
She was born in Melbu in Hadsel Mun ...
(born 1947), Norwegian nurse and politician
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Trude Dybendahl
Trude Dybendahl (8 January 1966 – 23 August 2024), sometimes listed as Trude Dybendahl-Hartz or Trude Dybendahl Hartz, was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at international top level from 1986 to 1998. She won three silver medals i ...
(born 1966), Norwegian cross-country skier
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Trude Eick
Trude Eick (born 23 April 1969) is a Norwegian musician (French horn and electronics) and composer, known from different forms of music, in which she plays regular repertoire as well as free improvisation. She is the sister of musicians Mathias ...
(born 1969), Norwegian musician and composer
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Trude Eipperle (1908–1997), German operatic soprano
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Trude Feldman
Gertrude Bella Feldman (August 13, 1924 – January 23, 2022) was an American reporter, columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps and State Department Press Corps. She regularly wrote for ''McCall's'' magazine and for ''The New York ...
(1924–2022), American reporter, columnist and correspondent
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Trude Fleischmann
Trude Fleischmann (22 December 1895 – 21 January 1990) was an Austrian-born American photographer. After becoming a notable society photographer in Vienna in the 1920s, she re-established her business in New York in 1940.
Early life
Born in Vi ...
(1895–1990), Austrian-American photographer
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Trude Gimle (born 1974), Norwegian alpine skier
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Trude Guermonprez
Trude Guermonprez (born Gertrud Emilie Jalowetz; 1910 1976), was a German-born American textile arts, textile artist, designer and educator, known for her tapestry landscapes. Her Bauhaus-influenced disciplined abstraction for hand woven textile ...
(1910–1976), German-American textile artist and designer
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Trude Gundersen (born 1977), Norwegian taekwondo practitioner
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Trude Haefelin
Trude Haefelin (1 July 1914 – 3 October 2008) was a German film and stage actress.
Biography
Haefelin grew up in Munich-Schwabing as a half-ore after the father had fallen in the First World War. She attended the Lyzeum of the English Miss i ...
(1914–2008), German actress
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Trude Harstad
Trude Harstad (born 17 July 1974) is a former Norwegian biathlete.
Life and career
Harstad was born in the municipality of Birkenes in the southern part of Norway.
Harstad debuted at the Junior World Championships in 1993 in Ruhpolding. The f ...
(born 1974), Norwegian biathlete
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Trude Herr
Trude Herr (; 4 May 1927 – 16 March 1991) was a German film actress, singer and theatre owner.Weisser p. 289 She was an entertainer in Germany from the early 1960s until her retirement.
Early life
Trude Herr was born in the Cologne district ...
(1927–1991), German actress, singer and theatre owner
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Trude Hestengen (born 1983), Norwegian dressage rider
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Trude Hesterberg
Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* ''Ein Schwerenöter'' (1916) – Liddy
* ''Die Eheschule'' (1917)
* ''Die Reise ins Jenseits ...
(1892–1967), German actress
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Trude Klecker
Trude Klecker (born 7 February 1926) is an Austrian alpine skier and world champion. She is from Semmering and later lived in Trieste in Italy. Klecker received a gold medal at the 1954 World Championships in Åre
Åre () is a Urban areas in ...
(born 1926), Austrian alpine skier
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Gertrude Kleinová (aka Trude Kleinová; 1918–1976), Czech table tennis player
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Gertrude Kolar (aka Trude Kolar; 1926–2014), Austrian artistic gymnast
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Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1967), Norwegian novelist
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Trude Lash
Trude Lash, formerly Gertrude Pratt, née Wenzel (13 June 1908 – 4 February 2004) was a political activist, advocate for children, and close associate of Eleanor Roosevelt.
She was born in June 1908 in Freiburg, Germany. She taught kindergarte ...
, (1908–2004), German political activist and associate of Eleanor Roosevelt
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Trude Lehmann
Trude Lehmann (1892–1987) was a German film actress.Grange p.307
Selected filmography
* '' Children of No Importance'' (1926)
* '' We'll Meet Again in the Heimat'' (1926)
* ''Unmarried Daughters'' (1926)
* '' Nanette Makes Everything'' (1926)
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(1892–1987), German actress
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Gertrude Liebhart (aka Trude Liebhart; 1928–?), Austrian sprint canoer
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Trude Malcorps (born 1921), Dutch swimmer
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Trude Marlen
Trude Marlen (born Trude Posch; 7 November 1912 – 9 June 2005) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She was the second wife of Wolf Albach-Retty, and moved to Germany to live with him during the Nazi era where she was well-connected with th ...
(1912–2005), Austrian actress
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Trude Marstein (born 1973), Norwegian author
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Trude Mohr (1902–1989) German Nazi Party League of German Girls leader
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Trude Möhwaldová (1915–?), Czech alpine skier
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Trude von Molo (1906–1989), Austrian actress
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Trude Mostue
Trude Mostue (born 28 March 1968) is a Norwegian veterinary surgeon and television presenter. She is best known for her appearances in the BBC documentary series ''Vet School'' in 1996, and later in the follow-up series ''Vets in Practice''. She ...
(born 1968), Norwegian veterinary surgeon and television personality
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Trude Raad (born 1990), Norwegian track and field athlete
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Trude Richter (1899–1989), German writer, literary scholar and political activist
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Trude Rittmann (1908–2005), German-American composer
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Trude Sojka (1909–2007), Czech–Ecuadorian painter and sculptor
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Trude Stendal
Trude Margaret Stendal (born 30 May 1963) is a Norwegians, Norwegian former Association football, footballer. She played as a Forward (association football), forward for Toppserien club IL Sandviken and the Norway women's national football team. ...
(born 1963), Norwegian footballer
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Trude Trefall (aka Manjari; born 1978), Norwegian singer
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Trude Unruh (1925–2021), German politician
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Trude Weiss-Rosmarin (1908–1989), German-American writer, editor, scholar and feminist activist
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Trude Wollschläger (1912–1975), German swimmer
Fictional characters
* Trude, a character in the Australian television situation comedy ''
Kath & Kim
''Kath & Kim'' (also written as ''Kath and Kim'') is an Australian sitcom originally airing in the prime-time slot on ABC Television from 2002 to 2005 and subsequently on the Seven Network in 2007 and 2022. The show was produced by Riley and T ...
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