Trude is a Germanic Old Norse feminine

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meaning "strength". The name is now most commonly found in Germany and

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and in Norway. It is sometimes used as a diminutive of the given names Gertrude and Gertrud.

Notable people named Trude

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 * Trude Berliner (1903–1977), German actress * Trude Dothan (1922–2016), Israeli archaeologist *

Trude Dybendahl Trude Dybendahl (born 8 January 1966), sometimes listed as Trude Dybendahl-Hartz or Trude Dybendahl Hartz, is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1986 to 1998. She won three silver medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the Wi ...

(born 1966), Norwegian cross-country skier *

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 *

Trude Eipperle Trude Eipperle (27 January 1908 – 18 October 1997) was a Germans, German operatic soprano. Life Born in Stuttgart, Eipperle studied at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Musikhochschule in her native Stuttgart, and made ...

(1908–1997), German operatic soprano *

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 T ...

(born 1924), American reporter, columnist and correspondent *

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 * Trude Gimle (born 1974), Norwegian alpine skier * Trude Guermonprez (1910–1976), German-American textile artist and designer *

Trude Gundersen Trude Gundersen (born 6 June 1977 in Bergen) is a retired Norwegian taekwondo athlete. She was Norway's first and only taekwondo competitor during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and won a silver medal in the -67 kg weight class.

(born 1977), Norwegian taekwondo practitioner *

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 ...

(1914–2008), German actress * Trude Harstad (born 1974), Norwegian biathlete *

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 *

Trude Hestengen Trude Hestengen (born 24 October 1983) is a Norwegian dressage rider. She represented Norway at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France and at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen, Germany Germany,, offic ...

(born 1983), Norwegian dressage rider * Trude Hesterberg (1892–1967), German actress *

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, winning the slalom event, an ...

(born 1926), Austrian alpine skier * Gertrude Kleinová (aka Trude Kleinová; 1918–1976), Czech table tennis player *

Gertrude Kolar Gertrude Gollner-Kolar (23 January 1926 – 22 December 2014) was an Austrian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. At the 1950 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships The 12th Artistic Gymnastics World Championsh ...

(aka Trude Kolar; 1926–2014), Austrian artistic gymnast *

Trude Brænne Larssen Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1 January 1967 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian novelist. She is the author of the series ''Holmegaard'' (11 books), "Ulveøyne" (25 books) and "Rimfrost" (14 books), and has contributed to the series "Emilies Tid". Her ear ...

(born 1967), Norwegian novelist *

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 kindergarten ...

, (1908–2004), German political activist and associate of Eleanor Roosevelt * Trude Lehmann (1892–1987), German actress * Gertrude Liebhart (aka Trude Liebhart; born 1928), Austrian sprint canoer *

Trude Malcorps Gertrude Jacoba Malcorps (born 7 February 1921) is a Dutch retired swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1938 European Aquatics Championships. Malcorps had an elder brother Max Malcorps (1917–2011), a mayor of ...

(born 1921), Dutch swimmer * Trude Marlen (1912–2005), Austrian actress *

Trude Marstein Trude Marstein (born 18 April 1973, in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian author. She attended Telemark University College and studied Creative Writing Studies. At the University of Oslo, she studied pedagogy, psychology, and the history of literature. Sh ...

(born 1973), Norwegian author * Trude Mohr (1902–1989) German Nazi Party League of German Girls leader *

Trude Möhwaldová Trude Möhwaldová (born 25 March 1915, date of death unknown) was a Czech alpine skier. She competed in the women's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (germ ...

(born 1915), Czech alpine skier * Trude von Molo (1906–1989), Austrian actress *

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''. Sh ...

(born 1968), Norwegian veterinary surgeon and television personality * Trude Raad (born 1990), Norwegian track and field athlete *

Trude Richter Trude Richter (born Erna Barnick in Magdeburg 19 November 1899 – died Leipzig 4 January 1989Report in Neues Deutschland 5 January 1989, page 5) was a writer, literary scholar and teacher who became a political activist. She spent many years det ...

(1899–1989), German writer, literary scholar and political activist *

Trude Rittmann Gertrud Rittmann (24 September 1908 – 22 February 2005) was a German Jewish composer, musical director, arranger and orchestrator who lived and worked for much of her life in the United States. Her career particularly flourished with major succ ...

(1908–2005), German-American composer * Trude Sojka (1909–2007), Czech–Ecuadorian painter and sculptor * Trude Stendal (born 1963), Norwegian footballer * Trude Trefall (aka Manjari; born 1978), Norwegian singer *

Trude Unruh Gertrude Unruh (née Kremer; 7 March 1925 – 30 November 2021), better known as Trude Unruh, was a German politician. Early life Unruh was born in Essen on 7 March 1925. Political career From 1968 to 1973 she was a member of the SPD ...

(born 1925), German politician * Trude Weiss-Rosmarin (1908–1989), German-American writer, editor, scholar and feminist activist *

Trude Wollschläger Trude Wollschläger (9 November 1912 – 10 July 1975) was a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officiall ...

(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 created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley, who portray the title characters of Kath Day-Knight, a cheery, middle-aged suburban mother, and Kim, her self-indulgent daughter. ...

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