An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/trotz

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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2582406An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — trotzJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ trotz, preposition, ‘in spite of,’ is based on the Middle High German interjection tratz (trotz), ‘I defy you.’

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