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German
Verb
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- (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, issue 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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