difficult
Hard, not easy, requiring much effortHard, not easy, requiring much effort.
» It's more difficult than you think.
Es ist schwieriger, als du glaubst.
Es ist schwieriger, als ihr glaubt.
Es ist schwieriger, als Sie glauben.
Это труднее, чем ты думаешь.
Это сложнее, чем ты думаешь.
Это сложнее, чем вы думаете.
Це важче, ніж ти думаєш.
Це складніше, ніж ти думаєш.
Це важче, ніж ви думаєте.
Meaning
3 sensesHard, not easy, requiring much effort.
difficult of accomplishment
However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater.
schwer, schwierig
тру́дныйtrúdnyj, тяжёлыйtjažólyj, тя́жкийtjážkij
важки́йvažkýj, трудни́йtrudnýj
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
(often)Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.
schwierig
hard to control
(obsolete)Unable or unwilling.
Examples
3894 sentencesIt's more difficult than you think.
Це важче, ніж ти думаєш.
ruЭто труднее, чем ты думаешь.
deEs ist schwieriger, als du glaubst.
Learning a foreign language is difficult.
Важко вивчити іноземну мову.
ruУчить иностранный язык трудно.
deEine Fremdsprache zu lernen, ist schwierig.
English is not difficult to learn.
Англійську нескладно вивчити.
ruАнглийский нетрудно выучить.
deEnglisch ist nicht schwierig zu lernen.
Some people are difficult to please.
Деяким людям важко догодити.
ruНекоторым людям трудно угодить.
deManchen Leuten kann man es nie recht machen.
It was too difficult for me.
Це було занадто складно для мене.
ruЭто было слишком сложно для меня.
deEs war zu schwierig für mich.
Translations
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By meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficulte (whence modernFrom Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficulte (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”), cognate to German Arbeit (“work”).
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Forms
more difficult, most difficult| Comparative | more difficult Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most difficult Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
16 synonyms- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure:hard
- hard to control:unmanageable
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- be difficult to
- difficult to do
- difficult to get
- be very difficult
- be difficult for
- more difficult than
- will be difficult
- is too difficult
- very difficult to
- too difficult for
- be as difficult
- was more difficult