stubbornness

stubbornness
noun, no pl.
1) (obstinacy) Starrköpfigkeit, die
2) (resolution, intractability) Hartnäckigkeit, die
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stub·born·ness
[ˈstʌbənnəs, AM -ɚn-]
n no pl (esp pej) Sturheit f, Starrköpfigkeit f, Widerspenstigkeit f, Halsstarrigkeit f pej, Starrsinn f pej
* * *
['stʌbənnɪs]
n
1) (= obstinacy of person) Sturheit f; (of animal, child) störrische Art
2) (of refusal, resistance) Hartnäckigkeit f
3) (of lock) Widerspenstigkeit f; (of cough) Hartnäckigkeit f
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stubbornness s
1. Eigen-, Starrsinn m, Halsstarrigkeit f
2. Hartnäckigkeit f
3. Standhaftigkeit f
4. Widerspenstigkeit f
5. Sprödigkeit f, METALL Strengflüssigkeit f
* * *
noun, no pl.
1) (obstinacy) Starrköpfigkeit, die
2) (resolution, intractability) Hartnäckigkeit, die
* * *
n.
Eigensinn m.
Hartnäckigkeit f.

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