trotzen
German, verb[ˈtʁɔt͡sn̩]
trotzen is spelled T-R-O-T-Z-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trotzen is a German verb meaning “to defy, to brave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich einer Sache widersetzen, etwas die Stirn bieten, entgegentreten”.
What does trotzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defy, to brave
dem Sturm trotzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich einer Sache widersetzen, etwas die Stirn bieten, entgegentreten 2. schmollen, starrköpfig und eigensinnig sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trotzen
- trotzt present singular third-person
- trotzte past
- getrotzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- trotzend participle present
- trotze first-person indicative present
- trotzest second-person singular subjunctive
- trotzet plural second-person subjunctive
- trotzten first-person indicative plural
- trotztest indicative preterite second-person
- trotztet indicative plural preterite
- trotz imperative second-person singular
- habe getrotzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getrotzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- trotze! imperative singular
- trotzt! imperative plural
- getrotzt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu trotzen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trotzen?
- [ˈtʁɔt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trotzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trotzen in German?
trotzen appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).