trotz

Präp. in spite of, despite; trotz allem in spite of everything; trotz alledem for all that; trotz seiner Vorsicht in spite of (oder despite) the care he took, however careful he was; trotz all seiner Bemühungen auch for all his efforts

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der Trotz

defiance

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Trọtz [trɔts]

m -es, no pl

defiance; (= trotziges Verhalten) contrariness

jdm/einer Sache zum Trotz — in defiance of sb/sth

jdm/einer Sache Trotz bieten (geh) — to defy or flout sb/sth

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1) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) for

2) (open disobedience; challenging or opposition: He went in defiance of my orders.) defiance

3) (in spite of: He didn't get the job despite all his qualifications.) despite

4) (having to deal with and in spite of: She succeeded in the face of great difficulties.) in the face of

5) (although something has or had happened, is or was a fact etc: In spite of all the rain that had fallen, the ground was still pretty dry.) in spite of

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Trotz

<-es>

[trɔts]

m kein pl defiance

dass die Kleine so widerspenstig ist, ist nichts als \Trotz the child's rebelliousness is nothing more than contrariness

▪ jds \Trotz gegen jdn/etw sb's defiance of sb/sth

aus \Trotz [gegen jdn/etw] out of spite [for sb/sth]

jdm/etw zum \Trotz in defiance of sb/a thing

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der; Trotzes defiance; (Oppositionsgeist) cussedness (coll.); contrariness

jemandem/einer Sache zum Trotz — in defiance of somebody/something

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trotz präp in spite of, despite;

trotz allem in spite of everything;

trotz alledem for all that;

trotz seiner Vorsicht in spite of (oder despite) the care he took, however careful he was;

trotz all seiner Bemühungen auch for all his efforts

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der; Trotzes defiance; (Oppositionsgeist) cussedness (coll.); contrariness

jemandem/einer Sache zum Trotz — in defiance of somebody/something

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adv.

despite adv.

in spite of adv.