Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| difficult adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| hard adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| tough adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| complex adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| complicated adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| tight adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| awkward adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| intricate adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| trying adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| intractable adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| tricky adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| balkyAE adj. balkyBE / baulkyBE adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| challenging adj. | schwierig | ||||||
| stiff adj. | schwierig | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| schwieriges | |||||||
| schwierig (Adjective) | |||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| complex terrain [TECH.] | schwieriges Gelände | ||||||
| unruly horse | schwieriges Pferd [Equestrian Sports] | ||||||
| hard working seam [TECH.] | schwierig abzubauendes Flöz [Mining] | ||||||
| difficult to machine materials [TECH.] | schwierig zerspanbare Werkstoffe | ||||||
| tough call - decision | schwierige Entscheidung | ||||||
| tough choice | schwierige Entscheidung | ||||||
| puzzler | schwierige Frage | ||||||
| hard time | schwierige Zeit | ||||||
| difficult task | schwierige Aufgabe | ||||||
| awkward disposition | schwierige Lage | ||||||
| difficult position | schwierige Position | ||||||
| adverse conditions pl. | schwierige Verhältnisse | ||||||
| pickle [coll.] | schwierige Situation | ||||||
| a real head scratcher [coll.] | schwierige Frage | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to be difficult | was, been | | schwierig sein | war, gewesen | | ||||||
| to find sth. to be difficult | etw.acc. schwierig finden | fand, gefunden | | ||||||
| to confuse the issue | etw.acc. schwieriger machen | machte, gemacht | | ||||||
| to broach a subject | broached, broached | | ein etwas schwieriges Thema ansprechen | sprach an, angesprochen | | ||||||
| to untangle so. | untangled, untangled | | jmdn. aus einer schwierigen Lage befreien | befreite, befreit | | ||||||
| to be behind the eight ball (Amer.) [coll.] | sichacc. in einer schwierigen Lage befinden | ||||||
| to be snookered | was, been | (Brit.) [coll.] [fig.] | sichacc. in einer schwierigen Lage befinden | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| exceedingly difficult | äußerst schwierig | ||||||
| We would have the greatest difficulty in ... | Es wäre für uns äußerst schwierig ... | ||||||
| in problematic locations [TECH.] | schwierige Einbausituation | ||||||
| places us in a difficult position | bringt uns in eine schwierige Lage | ||||||
| a difficult job | eine schwierige Aufgabe | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| a difficult person to deal with | eine schwierige Person | ||||||
| an awkward position | eine schwierige Position | ||||||
| a difficult thing to deal with | eine schwierige Sache | ||||||
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Grammar |
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| Die starke Flexion |
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