schwierig

07:51 Mar 21, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: schwierig
very general
George Chu


Summary of answers provided
nadifficult
Sabine Cane (X)
nahard, tough, stiff, diffcult, awkward, upsetting, upset
Fuad Yahya
nacontext?
Rebekka Groß (X)
nadifficult, hard, heavy, ...
Serge


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2 mins
difficult


Explanation:
schwierig - difficult; (schwer zu lernen, etc. auch) hard


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Sabine Cane (X)
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Vesna Zivcic
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45 mins
hard, tough, stiff, diffcult, awkward, upsetting, upset


Explanation:
The Macmillan's Dictionary gives a variety of possible usages for the word. Each context will call for a slightly different choice of word.


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Fuad Yahya
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48 mins
context?


Explanation:
It would help if you could provide the sentence in which the word is used. Without any context, it's impossible to make a useful suggestion.

Rebekka Groß (X)
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of: German

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1 hr
difficult, hard, heavy, ...


Explanation:
Look please at on-line German-English Dictionary
http://dict.leo.org/?lang=en&deStem=none&searchLoc=0&search=...

20 search results for 'schwierig' English: German:
tough schwierig
tight schwierig
stiff [adj.] schwierig
spiny [adj., fig.] schwierig
heavy schwierig
hard schwierig
awkward schwierig
catchy [adj.] schwierig
challenging schwierig
complicated schwierig
delicate schwierig
demanding schwierig
difficult schwierig
to be difficult schwierig sein
knotty [fig., adj.] schwierig [adj.]
exceedingly difficult äußerst schwierig
pretty difficult ziemlich schwierig
We would have the greatest difficulty in ... Es wäre für uns äußerst schwierig ...
it is difficult to find buyers for es ist schwierig Käufer zu finden für...
it is difficult to find sellers of es ist schwierig Verkäufer von... zu finden

Hope it can help you.

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Serge


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