Translation of obstinate – English–German dictionary

obstinate

 
adjective
  /ˈobstinət/
refusing to yield, obey etc
eigensinnig
She won’t change her mind – she’s very obstinate.

(Translation of obstinate from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of obstinate

obstinate
One thinks of the hours spent toiling away with difficult bandas and obstinate cyclostyle machines preparing papers or notes for classes.
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The company remained obstinate and refused arbitration on a number of occasions.
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If he proved obstinate, he could be taken to the police station and detained.
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I cannot understand why they were so obstinate.
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As soon as the courts started to put obstinate clergymen into prison, the whole thing fell into disrepute.
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We do not want to be obstinate and negative for the sake of being obstinate and negative.
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He was right to say that this is about human relationships—that most difficult and obstinate of characteristics.
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The issue now is who actually started the fighting - a fratricidal struggle between two obstinate leaders who six years ago lived in one country.
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Translations of obstinate

in Chinese (Traditional)
頑固的,固執的, 倔強的, 棘手的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
顽固的,固执的, 倔强的, 棘手的…
in Spanish
obstinado, obstinado/da [masculine-feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
obstinado, teimoso, persistente…
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in Russian
頑固な, 頑固(がんこ)な…
inatçı, dediğim dedikçi, dik kafalı…
obstiné/-ée, obstiné…
obstinat…
koppig…
عَنيد…
zatvrzelý…
stædig…
keras kepala…
ดื้อดึง…
bướng bỉnh…
uparty…
envis, obstinat…
keras kepala…
sta, hardnakket, steil…
고집이 센…
впертий, наполегливий…
ostinato…
упрямый…
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