 | English | German  | |
 | difficult {adj} | 978 schwer [hart, anstrengend, schwierig] | |
| hard {adj} {adv} | 413 schwer [ernst, hart, anstrengend, schwierig] | |
| intricate {adj} | 385 verzwickt [ugs.] [schwierig] | |
| dodgy {adj} [Br.] [coll.] [difficult, tricky] | 192 knifflig [schwierig] | |
| knotty {adj} | 137 verzwickt [ugs.] [schwierig] | |
| hairy {adj} [also sl.: difficult] | 95 haarig [auch ugs.: schwierig] | |
| difficult {adj} | 51 misslich [schwierig] | |
| trying {adj} | 36 hart [anstrengend, schwierig] | |
| challenging {adj} [difficult, but interesting and enjoyable] | 23 reizvoll [schwierig, aber verlockend, lohnend] | |
| hard {adj} {adv} | 23 schlimm [schwierig] | |
| bolshie {adj} [Br.] [coll.] [pej.] [defiant and uncooperative] | 21 stur [ugs.] [pej.] [schwierig, dickköpfig, unkooperativ] | |
| sourballed {adj} [Am.] | herb [mürrisch, schwierig] | |
| sour-balled {adj} [Am.] | herb [mürrisch, schwierig] | |
| bloody-minded {adj} [Br.] [coll.] | stur [ugs.] [pej.] [schwierig, eigensinnig] | |
| tricky {adj} [difficult] | vigelinsch [nordd.] [schwierig] | |
| 2 Words |
| pretty hard {adv} | ziemlich schwer [schwierig] | |
| 3 Words |
| idiom to be no cakewalk [fig.] | kein Spaziergang sein [fig.] [keine leichte Sache / schwierig sein] | |
| to be too hot to handle [too difficult or unpleasant] | zu heiß sein [zu schwierig oder unangenehm sein] | |
| 4 Words |
| to be no cakewalk [idiom] | kein Zuckerlecken / Zuckerschlecken sein [ugs.] [Redewendung] [schwierig sein] | |
