English-German translation for "oppressive"

"oppressive" German translation

oppressive
[-siv]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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bedrückend, niederdrückend tyrannisch, hart, grausam drückend schwül
  • (be)drückend, niederdrückend
    oppressive depressing, weighty
    oppressive depressing, weighty
examples
  • oppressive sorrow
    bedrückende Sorge
    oppressive sorrow
  • oppressive taxes
    drückende Steuern
    oppressive taxes
  • (drückend) schwül
    oppressive stifling
    oppressive stifling
  • oppressive syn vgl. → see „onerous“
    oppressive syn vgl. → see „onerous“
Das Internet und seine verschiedenen Instrumente sind nicht an sich unterdrückerisch.
The Internet and its various tools are not in themselves oppressive.
Source: Europarl
Im Gegenteil: Die Drangsalierungen gegenüber den Uiguren und den Tibetern haben noch zugenommen.
On the contrary, the oppressive measures taken against the Uighurs and the Tibetans have increased.
Source: Europarl
Die Bürger fühlen sich durch das vom System aufgezwungene Unterdrückungsregime stark eingeengt.
The citizens feel strongly bound up in the oppressive regime imposed by the system.
Source: Europarl
Dieses belastende Schweigen ist heute nicht mehr nötig.
This oppressive silence ought no longer to exist nowadays.
Source: Europarl
Einst waren es vietnamesische Boat People, die vor Unterdrückerregimes flohen.
Once we saw Vietnamese boat people fleeing oppressive regimes.
Source: Europarl
Das repressive Regime tut sogar so, als stünde eine NATO-Intervention bevor.
The oppressive regime in Minsk even acts as if a NATO intervention were underway.
Source: Europarl
Andererseits leidet Südeuropa an drückenden Hitzewellen und heftigen Waldbränden.
Southern Europe, on the other hand, suffers from oppressive heat waves and ferocious fires.
Source: Europarl
Im Gefolge des 11. September sind viele repressive Gesetze durchgedrückt worden.
In the wake of September 11 much oppressive legislation has been forced through.
Source: Europarl
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