trotzen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Trotz +‎ -en

Pronunciation
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Verb

trotzen (weak, third-person singular present trotzt, past tense trotzte, past participle getrotzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to defy, to brave
    dem Sturm trotzen
    to brave the storm
    der Gefahr trotzen
    to defy (the) danger
    der öffentlichen Meinung trotzen
    to defy public opinion (eg by holding an unpopular opinion)
    • 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

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Further reading
  • “trotzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “trotzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “trotzen” in Duden online
  • “trotzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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