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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Trotz + -en
Pronunciation
Verb
trotzen (weak, third-person singular present trotzt, past tense trotzte, past participle getrotzt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, with dative) to defy, to brave
dem Sturm trotzen- to brave the storm
der Gefahr trotzen- to defy (the) danger
2010, Der Spiegel, number 44/2010, page 132:Täglich sterben in Deutschland mehrere Patienten an Krankenhauskeimen. Bedrohlich breiten sich Erreger aus, die fast allen Antibiotika trotzen.- Every day several patients die of hospital germs in Germany. Threateningly, pathogens that defy almost all antibiotics are spreading.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
trotzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
trotzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “trotzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “trotzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “trotzen” in Duden online
- “trotzen” in OpenThesaurus.de