English-German translation for "difficult"

"difficult" German translation

difficult
[ˈdifikəlt; -fə-]especially | besonders besonders American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS [-kʌlt]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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schwierig, schwer, problematisch, beschwerlich, mühsam schwierig, schwer zu behandelnd, eigensinnig
examples
more and more difficult
immer schwieriger
more and more difficult
he tackled the difficult task
er nahm die schwierige Aufgabe in Angriff
he tackled the difficult task
the course is difficult, but I’m going to persevere
der Kurs ist schwer, aber ich werde durchhalten
the course is difficult, but I’m going to persevere
difficult as it may be
so schwierig es auch sein mag
difficult as it may be
a difficult situation
eine schwierige Lage
a difficult situation
to handle a difficult person/situation
mit einer schwierigen Person/Situation fertig werden
to handle a difficult person/situation
this does not make the situation any the less difficult
this does not make the situation any the less difficult
difficult in the extreme
difficult in the extreme
since you’re determined to be difficult
weil ihr es alle darauf anlegt, Schwierigkeiten zu machen
since you’re determined to be difficult
it was, you know, like difficult not to …
weißt du, es war irgendwie schwierig, nicht …
it was, you know, like difficult not to …
to go through a difficult phase
eine schwierige Phase durchmachen
to go through a difficult phase
a difficult word to pronounce
ein schwer auszusprechendes Wort
a difficult word to pronounce
to be going through a difficult patch
eine schwere Zeit durchmachen
to be going through a difficult patch
Sowohl Ljewin wie dem jungen Burschen hinter ihm fielen solche Veränderungen der Bewegungen schwer.
Levin and the young fellow on the other side of him found such changes of action difficult.
Source: Books
Eine Einteilung dieser Krisen ist sehr schwierig.
It is very difficult to compartmentalise these crises.
Source: Europarl
Ein schwieriger Punkt ist ferner die Altersgrenze, bis zu der von Kinderpornographie die Rede ist.
Another difficult point is the age limit up to which pornography is considered child pornography.
Source: Europarl
Wie schwierig die Situation ist, können Sie an zwei Äußerungen der letzten drei Minuten sehen.
Just how difficult the situation is, you can see from two remarks made in the last three minutes.
Source: Europarl
In einem Jahr, in dem in den USA Wahlen stattfinden, ist dies natürlich ein schwieriges Thema.
This is, of course, a difficult issue to discuss sensibly in a United States election year.
Source: Europarl
Die Bedeutung des elektronischen Handels kann kaum überbewertet werden.
The significance of e-commerce is difficult to overestimate.
Source: Europarl
Glauben Sie nicht, daß dies für die europäischen Bürger ziemlich schwer zu verstehen ist?
Do you not think that this is rather difficult for the European citizens to understand?
Source: Europarl
Es ist nicht leicht vorherzusagen, wer wann den entscheidenden Anstoß geben wird.
It is perhaps difficult to know who is going to provide the salutary shock, and when.
Source: Europarl
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