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adjective1) (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.)
* * *(obstinate, or unwilling to yield, obey etc: He's as stubborn as a donkey.) eigensinnig* * *stub·born[ˈstʌbən, AM -ɚn]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 Kindto be \stubborn as a mule so stur wie ein Esel sein2. (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* * *['stʌbən]adj1) (= obstinate) person, insistence stur; animal, child störrischto be stubborn about sth — stur auf etw (dat) beharren
2) (= persistent) refusal, resistance, campaign, stain etc hartnäckig3) lock, material widerspenstig; weeds, cough hartnäckig* * *stubborn [ˈstʌbə(r)n] adj (adv stubbornly)1. eigensinnig, halsstarrig, störrisch, dickköpfig2. hartnäckig (Fleck, Widerstand etc)3. standhaft, unbeugsam4. widerspenstig (Haar, Material)5. spröde, hart, zäh:stubborn ore strengflüssiges Erz* * *adjective1) (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]* * *adj.dickköpfig adj.eigensinnig adj.starrköpfig adj. -
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noun* * *I [mju:l] noun(an animal whose parents are a horse and an ass, known for its habit of being stubborn.) das Maultier, der Maulesel- mulishII [mju:l] noun(a loose, backless slipper.) der Pantoffel* * *mule1[mju:l][to be as] stubborn as a \mule stur wie ein Esel [sein] fam, ein Dickkopf [sein]mule2[mju:l]* * *I [mjuːl]n2) (inf: person) Maulesel mIIn(= slipper) Schlappen m (dial), Pantoffel m* * *mule1 [mjuːl] s1. ZOOLa) Maultier nb) Maulesel m:he’s stubborn as a mule auch er ist ein sturer Bock2. BIOL Bastard m, Hybride f (besonders von Kanarienvögeln)3. umg sturer Bock, Dickkopf m4. TECHa) Förderlokomotive fmule2 [mjuːl] s Pantoffel m* * *noun* * *n.Maulesel - m.Maultier -e n. -
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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 sein2) ( 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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(DE) Dickkopf {r}; bockig; querköpfig; stur; störrisch; (EN) balky; bull-headed; bullet-headed; fractious; froward; impracticable; jiibbing; mule-headed; mulish; obstinate; ornery; overthwart; perverse; pig-headed; pighead; pigheaded; pot-bound; restive; rusty; self-opinionated; stomachous; stubborn; stunkard; wayward -
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(DE) Dickkopf {r}; dickköpfig; eigensinnig; eigenwüchsig; kapriziös; starrsinnig; trotzköpfig; Rechthaber {r}; (EN) capricious; chesty; headstrong; mule-headed; obstinate; opinioned; opinionist; opinonative; pertinacious; perverse; pigheaded; recalcitrant; self-willed; stubborn; unbiddable; untoward; wayward; wilful; willful; wrong-headed
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stubborn as a mule — very stubborn … English dictionary
be as stubborn as a mule — to be very determined not to change your decision or opinion about something, even when it is wrong. You won t get him to change his mind he s as stubborn as a mule … New idioms dictionary
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mule — [mju:l] n [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: mul, from Latin mulus] [Sense: 3; Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin mulleus type of red shoe worn by certain officials] 1.) an animal that has a ↑donkey and a horse as parents → … Dictionary of contemporary English
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