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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/trotz

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
trotz
Friedrich Kluge2613832An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — trotz1891John Francis Davis

trotz, prep., ‘in spite of,’ is based on the MidHG. interj. tratz (trotz), ‘I defy you.’