contentious

"contentious" German translation

„contentious“: adjective

adjective | Adjektiv adj

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streitsüchtig, zänkisch streitig, strittig, umstritten Streit…

streitsüchtig, zänkisch
contentious argumentative

contentious argumentative

streitig, strittig, umstritten
contentious controversial

contentious controversial

examples

contentious point

Streitpunkt

contentious point

Streit…
contentious legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR

contentious legal term, law | RechtswesenJUR
contentious syn vgl. → see „belligerent“

contentious syn vgl. → see „belligerent“

examples

contentious jurisdiction

Gerichtsbarkeit in Streitsachen

contentious jurisdiction

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Sie konnten selbst vorher in den Medien verfolgen, dass viele dieser Ziele sehr umstritten waren.

You have yourselves been able to see from the media that many of them were highly contentious.

Source: Europarl

Was fordern wir nun, jenseits aller Polemik, von der Europäischen Kommission?

So, moving beyond these contentious matters, what are we asking of the European Commission?

Source: Europarl

Das ist keine Streitfrage zwischen uns.

It is not a contentious issue amongst ourselves.

Source: Europarl

Der dritte Punkt betrifft keine strittige Angelegenheit.

The third point is not contentious.

Source: Europarl

Es handelt sich hier um ein sehr kontroverses Thema.

This is a highly contentious issue.

Source: Europarl

Selbst bei den Befürwortern des Kapitalismus war dies seinerzeit eine kaum umstrittene Alternative.

This choice was, at the time, scarcely contentious even among advocates of capitalism.

Source: Europarl

Einige der strittigsten Punkte in diesem Dokument betreffen natürlich das Problem der Subsidiarität.

Obviously, some of the most contentious issues in this paper concern the aspect of subsidiarity.

Source: Europarl

Verhütung beispielsweise war früher ein umstrittenes Thema.

Contraception, for example, was once a contentious issue.

Source: News-Commentary

Source

Europarl
- Source: OPUS
- Original text source: Europäisches Parlament
- Original database: Europarl Parallel Corups
News-Commentary
- Source: OPUS
- Original database: News Commentary

English-German translation for "contentious"

"contentious" German translation

„contentious“: adjective

contentious

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English-German translation for "contentious"

"contentious" German translation

„contentious“: adjective

contentious

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