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tough:
- nicht einfach; stämmig; vierschrötig; rüstig; kraftvoll; kräftig; forsch; entschlossen; eingehend; drastisch; durchgreifend; entschieden; energisch; tatkräftig; beschwerlich; belastend; lästig; steif; eigenwillig; störrisch; widerspenstig; dickköpfig; eigensinnig; starrköpfig; starrsinnig; sehnig
- Rohling; Wüterich
Wiktionary:
- tough → zäh, robust, hartnäckig, brutal, beinhart, taff, zach
- tough → Pech
- tough → zäh, hart, widerstandsfähig, robust
- tough → zäh, schwer, schwierig, hart, Hart-, arbeitsam, geschäftig, beflissen, emsig, fleißig, geflissentlich, strebsam, mächtig, vermögend, gewaltig, kräftig, stark, fest, befestigt, haltbar, wiederstandsfähig, Wiederstandsfähig, streng

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Detailed Translations for tough from English to German

tough:

tough adj

tough (difficult; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff)
nicht einfach
- nicht einfach adj
tough (forceful)
stämmig; vierschrötig; rüstig
- stämmig adj
- vierschrötig adj
- rüstig adj
tough (vigorous; drastic; strong; stout; powerful; robust; forceful; energetically; energetic; potent)
kraftvoll; kräftig; forsch; entschlossen; eingehend; drastisch; durchgreifend; entschieden; energisch; tatkräftig
- kraftvoll adj
- kräftig adj
- forsch adj
- entschlossen adj
- eingehend adj
- drastisch adj
- durchgreifend adj
- entschieden adj
- energisch adj
- tatkräftig adj
tough (tricky; aggravating; incriminating)
beschwerlich; belastend; lästig
- beschwerlich adj
- belastend adj
- lästig adj
tough (rigid; stiff)
steif
- steif adj
tough (refractory; tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong)
eigenwillig; störrisch; widerspenstig; dickköpfig; eigensinnig; starrköpfig; starrsinnig
- eigenwillig adj
- störrisch adj
- widerspenstig adj
- dickköpfig adj
- eigensinnig adj
- starrköpfig adj
- starrsinnig adj
tough (sinewy; stringy)
sehnig
- sehnig adj

tough [the ~] noun

the tough (brute; thug; ruffian; madman)
der Rohling; der Wüterich
- Rohling [der ~] noun
- Wüterich [der ~] noun

Translation Matrix for tough:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Rohling	brute; madman; ruffian; thug; tough	character; drip; dud; figure; idiot; jerk; madcap; madman
Wüterich	brute; madman; ruffian; thug; tough	tyrant
-	bully; goon; hood; hoodlum; hooligan; punk; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; street fighter; strong-armer; thug; toughie; yob; yobbo; yobo
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
energisch		act vigourously; take a hard line
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bad; baffling; elusive; hard; knotty; problematic; problematical; ruffianly; rugged; sturdy; toughened
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
energisch		game
-	hard to kill; hardy; persevering; persistent; strenuous; with staying power
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
belastend	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	aggravating; damaging; incriminating
beschwerlich	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	aggravating; annoying; boring; critical; delicate; dreadful; dull; exasperating; irritating; perilous; precarious; tiresome; touchy
dickköpfig	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; dogged; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; mulish; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; thick-headed; unbending; unrelenting; unyielding; wayward; wilful; willful
drastisch	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	drastic; energetic; forceful; potent; powerful; radical; root-and-branch; strong; vigorous
durchgreifend	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	doing thoroughly; drastic; energetic; forceful; hard working; potent; powerful; strong; vigorous
eigensinnig	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; awkward; dogged; headstrong; immovable; independent; inflexible; mulish; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; unrelenting; unyielding; wayward; wilful; willful
eigenwillig	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; unrelenting; unyielding
eingehend	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	accurate; accurately; appalling; broad; careful; consummate; crying shame; crying to heaven; deep; detailed; disgraceful; elaborate; exact; exhaustive; expansive; extensive; in depth; in detail; meticulous; outrageous; painstaking; penetrating; perfect; precise; precisely; profound; rank; scrupulous; shocking; stringent; thorough; wide; widespread
energisch	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	decided; decisive; determined; drastic; driven; energetic; firm; forceful; huge; lively; potent; powerful; resolute; spirited; strong; terrible; tremendous; unshakable; vigorous
entschieden	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	assured; bold; brave; brisk; certain; certainly; conclusive; courageous; decided; decisive; determined; drastic; energetic; estimated; firm; fixed; forceful; heroic; heroical; incontrovertible; indisputable; irrefutable; of course; positive; positively; potent; powerful; prescribed; rated; resolute; specific; specified; strong; sure; sure and certain; unambiguous; undoubted; unflinching; valiant; vigorous
entschlossen	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	bold; brave; brisk; certain; certainly; courageous; decided; decisive; determined; drastic; energetic; firm; forceful; heroic; heroical; of course; positive; positively; potent; powerful; resolute; strong; sure; sure and certain; undoubted; unflinching; unshakable; valiant; vigorous
forsch	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	burly; decided; decisive; determined; energetic; heavily built; hefty; lively; massive; muscular; powerful; powerfully built; resolute; robust; solid; spirited; stout; strapping; strong; sturdy; vigorous; well built
kraftvoll	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	decisive; energetic; lively; muscular; powerful; robust; solid; spirited; stout; strapping; strong; sturdy; vigorous; well built
kräftig	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	big; burly; decisive; drastic; durable; effective; energetic; fierce; firm; forceful; heavily built; hefty; intense; lively; massive; muscular; potent; powerful; powerfully built; reliable; robust; severe; solid; sound; spirited; stable; stout; strapping; strong; sturdy; substantial; vigorous; violent; well built
lästig	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	abstemious; aggravating; annoying; awkward; boring; bothersome; clumsy; critical; delicate; disagreeable; doltish; dreadful; dull; embarrassed; gawky; hindrance-causing; ill-at-ease; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; not very good; owlish; perilous; poor; precarious; stiff; touchy; troublesome; uncomfortable; uneasy; unfit; unhandy; unpleasant; unsuitable; unwelcome; wooden
nicht einfach	awkward; burdensome; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough
rüstig	forceful; tough
sehnig	sinewy; stringy; tough
starrköpfig	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; dense; dogged; fixed; fossilised; fossilized; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; mulish; obstinate; petrified; pig-headed; pigheaded; recalcitrant; rigid; set; star; stern; stiff; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; unrelenting; unyielding; wayward; wilful; willful; wooden
starrsinnig	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; dense; dogged; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; mulish; obstinate; pig-headed; pigheaded; rebellious; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; uncontrollable; ungovernable; unmanageable; unwieldy; wayward; wilful; willful
steif	rigid; stiff; tough	aloud; fidgety; fixed; fossilised; fossilized; impatient; inexonerably; out loud; petrified; relentless; restless; rigid; set; star; starchy; stern; stiff; wooden
stämmig	forceful; tough	burly; heavily built; hefty; massive; muscular; powerful; powerfully built; robust; stout; strapping; strong; sturdy; vigorous
störrisch	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; agressive; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; obstinate; offensive; pig-headed; pigheaded; rebellious; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; uncontrollable; ungovernable; unmanageable; unrelenting; unwieldy; unyielding; violent
tatkräftig	drastic; energetic; energetically; forceful; potent; powerful; robust; stout; strong; tough; vigorous	decisive; energetic; firm; lively; resolute; unshakable
vierschrötig	forceful; tough
widerspenstig	boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous	against the grain; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; obstinate; pig-headed; pigheaded; rebellious; recalcitrant; reluctantly; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; uncontrollable; ungovernable; unmanageable; unwieldy; unwillingly; with a bad grace

Related Words for "tough":

toughness, tougher, toughest, toughly, toughen

Synonyms for "tough":

hard-bitten; hard-boiled; pugnacious; tough-minded; unsentimental; hard; insensitive
rugged; difficult; hard
toughened; calloused; callous; thickened; enured; inured; hardened; weather-beaten; experienced; experient; rugged; strong
sturdy; rugged
ruffianly; violent
bad; uncomfortable
cartilaginous; gristly; rubbery; chewy; coriaceous; leathered; leatherlike; leathery; fibrous; sinewy; stringy; unchewable; hempen; tough-skinned; inedible; uneatable
hard; bad
baffling; knotty; problematic; problematical
street fighter; combatant; battler; belligerent; fighter; scrapper
hood; hoodlum; goon; punk; thug; toughie; strong-armer; criminal; felon; crook; outlaw; malefactor
bully; hooligan; ruffian; roughneck; rowdy; yob; yobo; yobbo; attacker; aggressor; assailant; assaulter

Antonyms for "tough":

tender

Related Definitions for "tough":

feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')¹
- he was feeling tough after a restless night¹
substantially made or constructed¹
- a tough all-weather fabric¹
- some plastics are as tough as metal¹
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe¹
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution¹
- the competition was tough¹
- it's a tough life¹
- it was a tough job¹
unfortunate or hard to bear¹
- a tough break¹
resistant to cutting or chewing¹
physically toughened¹
- the tough bottoms of his feet¹
not given to gentleness or sentimentality¹
- a tough character¹
violent and lawless¹
- tough street gangs¹
a cruel and brutal fellow¹
an aggressive and violent young criminal¹
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing¹

Wiktionary Translations for tough:

tough

adjective

difficult to chew
- tough → zäh

interjection

lack of sympathy
- tough → Pech

noun

-
- tough → zäh; hart; widerstandsfähig; robust

tough

adjective

unanfällig gegen Störung
- robust → robust; tough
hartem Umgang/Einsatz standhalten; qualitativ hochwertig
- robust → robust; tough
auf etwas eigensinnig, beharrlich, unnachgiebig bestehend
- hartnäckig → stiff-necked; tenacious; tough; do-or-die; stubborn; stubbornly; pertinaciously; refractory; strongheaded; persistent; pertinacious; persevering; obstinately; obstinate; intractable; doggedly; insistent; dogged; bulldog; confirmed; besetting; adamantine
Handlungen, Taten: rücksichtslos, übermäßig und unangebracht gewalttätig, verletzend und quälerisch
- brutal → bestial; ruffian; tough; brute; violent; brutal
übertr.|: ein schwieriger Gegner oder Verhandlungspartner seiend
- beinhart → tough
übertr.|: schwer, strapaziös; streng, unbarmherzig
- beinhart → tough
salopp: nicht empfindlich, nicht leicht irritierbar; abgehärtet und widerstandsfähig
- taff → demanding; tough
umgangssprachlich, osterzgebirgisch: zäh, auch übertragen für mühsam
- zach → tough
langsam, schwerfällig fließend
- zäh → tough

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• tough	→ zäh	↔ taai — moeilijk te snijden, kauwen (van vlees)
• tough	→ zäh	↔ taai — moeizaam en plastisch vervormend onder mechanische belasting
• tough	→ schwer; schwierig	↔ difficile — Non facile, qui nécessite un grand effort.
• tough	→ hart; Hart-; schwer; schwierig	↔ dur — Qui, par suite de sa fermeté, est difficile à pénétrer, à entamer.
• tough	→ arbeitsam; geschäftig; beflissen; emsig; fleißig; geflissentlich; strebsam	↔ laborieux — Qui travaille beaucoup, qui aime le travail.
• tough	→ mächtig; vermögend; gewaltig; kräftig; stark; schwer	↔ puissant — Qui a beaucoup de pouvoir.
• tough	→ fest; befestigt; haltbar; wiederstandsfähig	↔ robuste — Qui est fort, vigoureux, résistant.
• tough	→ Wiederstandsfähig	↔ résistant — qui résiste
• tough	→ streng	↔ sévère — Qui est rigide, sans indulgence.

Related Translations for tough

tough fellow

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Detailed Translations for tough from English to German

tough:

tough adj

tough (difficult; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff)

tough (forceful)

tough (vigorous; drastic; strong; stout; powerful; robust; forceful; energetically; energetic; potent)

tough (tricky; aggravating; incriminating)

tough (rigid; stiff)

tough (refractory; tenacious; obstinate; cross-grained; persevering; stubborn; recalcitrant; heady; pig-headed; tacky; viscous; persistent; rebellious; tedious; boring; grumpy; sullen; unrelenting; unyielding; mindless; stupefied; dull; stern; surly; leathery; headstrong)

tough (sinewy; stringy)

tough [the ~] noun

the tough (brute; thug; ruffian; madman)

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