An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Trotz

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Trotte

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

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Trotz.

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2582405An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — TrotzJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Trotz, masculine, ‘boldness, obstinacy, defiance,’ from Middle High German (Middle German) trotz, of which the more usual forms are Middle High German tratz, trutz, masculine, ‘refractoriness’; allied to Middle High German tratzen, tretzen, ‘to defy,’ tratz, ‘insolent, defiant, obstinate.’ The word is unknown to Old High German and the other Old Teutonic dialects, but there is no reason to suppose that it has been borrowed. —