ruggedness

ruggedness
noun die Rauheit
* * *
rug·ged·ness
[ˈrʌgɪdnəs]
n no pl
1. (surface) Rauheit f
2. (sturdiness) Robustheit f
3. (scenery) Unverfälschtheit f
* * *
['rʌgIdnɪs]
n
1) (= roughness, unevenness) Rauheit f; (of country, landscape also) Wildheit f; (of ground) Felsigkeit f

the ruggedness of the cliffs — die zerklüfteten Klippen

2) (= tough appearance of man, face, features) Markigkeit f
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ruggedness s
1. a) Wildheit f
b) Schroffheit f
2. Rauheit f, Grobheit f
3. besonders US Robustheit f
* * *
n.
Unempfindlichkeit f.

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