Was heißt »starr­köp­fig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »starr­köp­fig« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • stubborn
  • obstinate

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Tom ist starrköpfig.

Tom is stubborn.

Sei nicht so starrköpfig!

Stop being so bull-headed!

Mit zunehmendem Alter wurde er starrköpfiger.

As he grew older, he became more obstinate.

Tom war starrköpfig.

Tom was stubborn.

Tom ist genauso starrköpfig wie Maria.

Tom is as stubborn as Mary.

Maria war starrköpfig.

Mary was stubborn.

Tom war ziemlich starrköpfig.

Tom was very stubborn.

Er war starrköpfig.

He was stubborn.

Synonyme

be­ra­tungs­re­sis­tent:
fixed in one's views
ei­gen­sin­nig:
froward
hardheaded
headstrong
opinionated
pig-headed
pigheaded
self-opinionated
wayward
wilful
willful
hart­nä­ckig:
adamantine
besetting
bulldog
confirmed
do-or-die
dogged
doggedly
insistent
intractable
obstinately
persevering
persistent
pertinacious
pertinaciously
refractory
stiff-necked
strongheaded
stubbornly
tenacious
tough
recht­ha­be­risch:
bossily
bossy
dogmatic
dogmatically
know-all
self-opinionated
re­frak­tär:
refractory
resistant
re­ni­tent:
recalcitrant
reluctant
un­be­lehr­bar:
inconvincible
unconvincible
unteachable
un­nach­gie­big:
inflexible
intransigent
ver­bohrt:
narrow-minded
wi­der­bors­tig:
rebellious
unruly
wi­der­spens­tig:
recalcitrant

Sinnverwandte Wörter

auf­müp­fig:
rebellious
ge­ho­ben:
cheerful
elevated
exalted
festive
in the mood
lifted
luxurious
sublime
upmarket
upscale
kratz­bürs­tig:
bristly
prickly
scherz­haft:
facetious
jocular
un­be­quem:
uncomfortable

Englische Beispielsätze

  • She is a stubborn person.

  • Don't be stubborn. You know you're wrong.

  • Mary is a stubborn girl.

  • I was stubborn.

  • You know how stubborn Tom is. He'll never change his mind.

  • Mary is an obstinate woman.

  • Tom is an obstinate person.

  • Tom is stubborn as a mule.

  • He's really stubborn.

  • "I'm not as stubborn as Tom." "Not as stubborn? You're as stubborn as an old mule – far worse than Tom!" "I had no idea you thought that about me, Mary." "Everyone thinks that, John. Everyone!" "Well, you could knock me down with a feather."

  • Don't be so stubborn! How do you say so beautifully? The wiser gives in.

  • He is a stubborn person.

  • He is very stubborn.

  • Tom isn't as stubborn as Mary is.

  • Tom isn't as stubborn as Mary.

  • You know how stubborn she can be.

  • You know how stubborn he can be.

  • Tom is going to be stubborn about that.

  • He is stubborn.

  • I'm not as stubborn as Tom is.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: starrköpfig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: starrköpfig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2281923, 2406211, 2835982, 3362581, 3382618, 7697040, 8966313, 9004601, 10112299, 10056356, 9993351, 9726749, 9462186, 9356713, 9353708, 9001884, 8910457, 8856092, 8850376, 7782264, 7775108, 7316635, 7316634, 7316625, 7316623, 7130456, 7035598 & 6730761. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR