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trotzen

verb C1
  1. to defy, to brave (intransitive) · dem Sturm trotzen to brave the storm· der Gefahr trotzen to defy (the) danger
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Verb forms

Infinitive
trotzen
Present (er)
trotzt
Präteritum (er)
trotzte
Perfekt (er)
hat getrotzt
Infinitive with zu
zu trotzen

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Trotz der Kritik setzte er seine Forschung fort und leitete 1930 eine Expedition nach Grönland.
Alfred Wegener und die wandernden Kontinente, p. 1 · B2

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