In spite of - Trotz (The 598th Most Common German Word)

The German translation for In spite of is Trotz. It can be used as preposition. It is the 598th most commonly used word in German, classified as a A1 word. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word’s pronunciation. Practice this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: in spite of

German: trotz

Preposition A1

Examples


He arrived on time in spite of the rain.	Trotz des Regens kam er zur rechten Zeit an.
They didn't come in spite of my orders.	Sie kamen trotz meiner Befehle nicht.
In spite of the hurricane, the ship reached port.	Trotz des Orkans erreichte das Schiff den Hafen.
In spite of everything, he came.	Er war trotz allem gekommen.
He came in spite of bad weather.	Er kam trotz des schlechten Wetters.
They came in spite of the rain.	Trotz des Regens kamen sie.
He succeeded in spite of major hurdles.	Trotz großer Hürden hatte er Erfolg.
He succeeded in spite of major difficulties.	Trotz großer Hürden hatte er Erfolg.

We played golf in spite of the rain.	Wir spielten trotz des Regens Golf.
He went out in spite of the rain.	Er ging trotz des Regens raus.
In spite of the rain, I went out.	Trotz des Regens ging ich raus.
I went out in spite of the rain.	Ich bin trotz des Regens vor die Tür gegangen.
I admire him, in spite of his faults.	Ich bewundere ihn – trotz seiner Untugenden.
He failed in spite of his great efforts.	Er versagte trotz seiner großen Bemühungen.
He came in spite of the heavy snow.	Er kam trotz des schweren Schneefalls.
In spite of the storm, he went out.	Er ging trotz des Sturmes nach draußen.
He went out in spite of the storm.	Er ging trotz des Sturmes nach draußen.
In spite of being fat, she was pretty.	Trotz ihrer Korpulenz war sie hübsch.
In spite of his progressive sight loss, he's still allowed to drive a car.	Trotz seiner fortschreitenden Erblindung darf er noch Auto fahren.
Some areas were given to the new founded state of Poland in spite of a contrary plebiscite.	Einige Gebiete kamen zu dem neu gegründeten Staat Polen trotz eines gegenteiligen Plebiszits.
In spite of the etymological link, frontière and "frontier" have different meanings.	Trotz ihrer etymologischen Verbindung haben frontière und frontier unterschiedliche Bedeutungen.