Vocabulary
hartnäckig
· adjective
stubborn, persistent, dogged
A person who will not give up, a cough that will not go away, a rumour that lingers: „ein hartnäckiger Husten“, „ein hartnäckiges Gerücht“.
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- am hartnäckigsten
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hartnäckig
stubborn, persistent, dogged
Herr Leopold lehnte ab, höflich, aber hartnäckig, drei Tage lang.
Herr Leopold declined, politely but stubbornly, for three days.
Word family
hartnäckigdie Hartnäckigkeitpersistence, stubbornnessharthardder Nacken(back of the) neck — hartnäckig: literally ‘hard-necked’
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
beharrlichstur
↔ Opposites
nachgiebig
Real examples
- Herr Leopold lehnte ab, höflich, aber hartnäckig, drei Tage lang.Herr Leopold declined, politely but stubbornly, for three days.
- Ich habe seit Wochen einen hartnäckigen Husten.I've had a persistent cough for weeks.
