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Adj.2. Dial. (wählerisch) fussy, hard to please; (anspruchsvoll) choosy; sie ist im Essen heikel she’s fussy about her food ( oder what she eats), she’s a fussy eater* * *thorny; tender; of great delicacy; tricky; touchy; ticklish; delicate; squeamish; awkward; scabrous; queasy; fussy; sticky; picky* * *hei|kel ['haikl]adj1) (= schwierig, gefährlich) Angelegenheit, Situation, Thema tricky, delicate; Frage awkward, trickyin Bezug auf +acc about); (= wählerisch) fussy, particular; (in Bezug aufs Essen) fussy, choosy3) (dial) Stoff, Farbe difficultder Stoff ist mir zu héíkel — that material is too much of a nuisance
* * *1) ((of a situation or person) difficult; awkward.) sticky2) (difficult, causing trouble etc: a thorny problem.) thorny3) (not easy to manage; difficult: a ticklish problem/situation.) ticklish* * *hei·kel[ˈhaikl̩]1. (schwierig, gefährlich) delicate, awkwardeine heikle Angelegenheit a delicate mattereine heikle Frage/Situation a tricky [or delicate] question/situation2. DIAL* * *1) (schwierig) delicate, ticklish <matter, subject>; ticklish, awkward, tricky < problem, question, situation>2) (wählerisch, empfindlich) finicky, fussy, fastidious (in Bezug auf + Akk. about)* * *heikel adj* * *1) (schwierig) delicate, ticklish <matter, subject>; ticklish, awkward, tricky <problem, question, situation>2) (wählerisch, empfindlich) finicky, fussy, fastidious (in Bezug auf + Akk. about)* * *(Frage) adj.delicate adj. adj.awkward adj.fussy adj.queasy adj.scabrous adj.subtle adj. adv.fussily adv.queasily adv.scabrously adv.touchily adv.touchingly adv.trickily adv.
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