Chain concession and rebuttal with dennoch and nichtsdestotrotz.
A panel discusses whether university tuition should be free for everyone.
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dennoch, trotzdem and nichtsdestotrotz are adverbs, not conjunctions, so they take position one and the verb follows in position two: « Es regnete; trotzdem gingen wir spazieren. » They signal a rebuttal after a concession. Pair them with a leading zwar to telegraph the structure: « Das Argument ist zwar plausibel, dennoch greift es zu kurz. » nichtsdestotrotz is the most formal and works well in written argumentation.
Respond to this objection in a short paragraph: « Soziale Medien machen einsam. » Concede part of it, then rebut using dennoch or nichtsdestotrotz.
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