UrsprungFrom Old Swedish tratz, from Middle Low German trotz, tratz, from Middle High German trotz, trutz, tratz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tross, Norwegian Nynorsk trass, Danish trods, older forms trotz, tratz, German trotz.
- in spite of, despite (that)
“Stranden var full av barn, trots regnet.” — The beach was full of kids, despite the rain.
“De kom i tid trots att de försov sig.” — They arrived on time despite the fact that they overslept.
- neuterdefiance
“Han gjorde det i rent trots.” — He did it in pure defiance.
Formertrots(indefinite, nominative, singular) · trots(genitive, indefinite, singular) · trotset(definite, nominative, singular) · trotsets(definite, genitive, singular) · -(indefinite, nominative, plural) · -(genitive, indefinite, plural) · -(definite, nominative, plural) · -(definite, genitive, plural)