stubborn

stubborn
adjective
1) (obstinate) starrköpfig (abwertend); dickköpfig (ugs.); störrisch [Tier, Gesicht, Haltung]; hartnäckig [Vorurteil]

be stubborn in insisting on something — stur (ugs. abwertend) auf etwas (Dat.) beharren

[as] stubborn as a mule — störrisch wie ein Maulesel (ugs.)

2) (resolute) hartnäckig; fest [Mut, Entschlossenheit, Treue]
3) (intractable) störrisch (fig.); vertrackt (ugs.) [Problem]
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adjective
(obstinate, or unwilling to yield, obey etc: He's as stubborn as a donkey.) eigensinnig
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stub·born
[ˈstʌbən, AM -ɚn]
adj (esp pej)
1. (obstinate) of a person stur fam, dickköpfig fam, starrköpfig, störrisch
his \stubborn insistence that he was right ended our friendship unsere Freundschaft ging zu Bruch, weil er stur darauf bestand, im Recht zu sein
\stubborn child störrisches Kind
to be \stubborn as a mule so stur wie ein Esel sein
2. (persistent) hartnäckig
\stubborn hair widerspenstiges Haar
\stubborn pain hartnäckiger Schmerz
\stubborn problem vertracktes Problem
\stubborn refusal hartnäckige Weigerung
\stubborn resistance hartnäckiger Widerstand
\stubborn stains hartnäckige Flecken
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['stʌbən]
adj
1) (= obstinate) person, insistence stur; animal, child störrisch

to be stubborn about sth — stur auf etw (dat) beharren

she has a stubborn streak — sie kann sehr stur sein

2) (= persistent) refusal, resistance, campaign, stain etc hartnäckig

in stubborn silence — stur schweigend

3) lock, material widerspenstig; weeds, cough hartnäckig
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stubborn [ˈstʌbə(r)n] adj (adv stubbornly)
1. eigensinnig, halsstarrig, störrisch, dickköpfig
2. hartnäckig (Fleck, Widerstand etc)
3. standhaft, unbeugsam
4. widerspenstig (Haar, Material)
5. spröde, hart, zäh:
stubborn ore strengflüssiges Erz
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adjective
1) (obstinate) starrköpfig (abwertend); dickköpfig (ugs.); störrisch [Tier, Gesicht, Haltung]; hartnäckig [Vorurteil]

be stubborn in insisting on something — stur (ugs. abwertend) auf etwas (Dat.) beharren

[as] stubborn as a mule — störrisch wie ein Maulesel (ugs.)

2) (resolute) hartnäckig; fest [Mut, Entschlossenheit, Treue]
3) (intractable) störrisch (fig.); vertrackt (ugs.) [Problem]
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adj.
dickköpfig adj.
eigensinnig adj.
starrköpfig adj.

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