OBSTINATE in German - Cambridge Dictionary AI Assistant Dictionary Translate Grammar Thesaurus +Plus Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Games Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out {{userName}} Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out Log in / Sign up English (UK) 1 ? true : false } }), searchAutoComplete.changeToLayoutContainer(); tap:AMP.setState({ stateSearch: { autocomplete: stateSearch.dataset != 'wordlists' && stateSearch.term.length 1 } })" / English–German 1) ? '/autocomplete/amp?dataset=' + stateSearch.dataset + '&q=' + stateSearch.term : 'https://'" 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'" {{word}} {{#beta}} Beta{{/beta}} {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{^selected}} {{name}} {{/selected}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Translation of obstinate – English–German dictionary obstinate adjective  /ˈobstinət/ Add to word list Add to word list ● refusing to yield, obey etc eigensinnig She won’t change her mind – she’s very obstinate. See also obstinacy obstinately (Translation of obstinate from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd) Examples of obstinate obstinate I know that it may produce difficult situations because, as we are all aware, there are obstinate people on both sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There seems to be there a remarkably obstinate attitude to altering the proposals for the west. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not at all obstinate about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nearly always they are very obstinate, and very often it is necessary that action should be taken quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is an obstinate man, and obstinate men, as a rule, are very weak men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of the obstinate attitude in current rent legislation, a large pool of most attractive potential accommodation is going into decay and ruin. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The salmon is a determined, tough and obstinate fish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can ask what it is that makes unemployment an especially obstinate problem in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A1 Translations of obstinate in Chinese (Traditional) 頑固的，固執的, 倔強的, 棘手的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 顽固的，固执的, 倔强的, 棘手的… See more in Spanish obstinado, obstinado/da [masculine-feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese obstinado, teimoso, persistente… See more in more languages in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Arabic in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian in Russian 頑固な, 頑固（がんこ）な… See more inatçı, dediğim dedikçi, dik kafalı… See more obstiné/-ée, obstiné… See more obstinat… See more koppig… See more عَنيد… See more zatvrzelý… See more stædig… See more keras kepala… See more ดื้อดึง… See more bướng bỉnh… See more uparty… See more envis, obstinat… See more keras kepala… See more sta, hardnakket, steil… See more 고집이 센… See more впертий, наполегливий… See more ostinato… See more упрямый… See more Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! 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