touchiness

touchiness
noun die Empfindlichkeit
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touchi·ness
[ˈtʌtʃɪnəs]
n no pl (fam)
1. (sensitive nature) Überempfindlichkeit f
2. (delicacy) Empfindlichkeit f
everyone is aware of the \touchiness of the situation jeder ist sich darüber im Klaren, wie heikel die Situation ist
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['tʌtʃInɪs]
n
Empfindlichkeit f (on in Bezug auf +acc); (= irritability also) leichte Reizbarkeit

because of the touchiness of this subject — weil dieses Thema so heikel ist

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touchiness [ˈtʌtʃınıs] s Empfindlichkeit f
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n.
Empfindlichkeit f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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