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Widerstand

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Noun

der Widerstand

Pronunciation: /ˈviːdɐˌʃtant/

resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist)

The German noun Widerstand means resistance in English.

B1 rank #1,506 plural Widerstände

All meanings of Widerstand

Noun
  1. resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist)
  2. resistance (physics: force that tends to oppose motion)
  3. resistance (physics: opposition of a body to the flow of current)
  4. resistance (sociology/history: An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation)

Widerstand in a German sentence

Mit so viel Widerstand hätten wir nicht gerechnet.

We hadn't expected so much resistance.

Forms of Widerstand

singular der Widerstand
plural die Widerstände

Widerstand in the four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Widerstand
Accusativeden Widerstand
Dativedem Widerstand
Genitivedes Widerstands

Plural

Nominativedie Widerstände
Accusativedie Widerstände
Dativeden Widerständen
Genitiveder Widerstände