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Translate tricky from English to German

Summary

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tricky:
- beschwerlich; belastend; lästig
Wiktionary:
- tricky → schwierig, heikel, gerissen, prekär, kompliziert, knifflig, diffizil, verzwickt
- tricky → unbequem, lästig, abgefeimt, arglistig, gerieben, gewiegt, listig, schlau, gewitzt

English

Detailed Translations for tricky from English to German

tricky:

tricky adj

tricky (aggravating; tough; incriminating)
beschwerlich; belastend; lästig
- beschwerlich adj
- belastend adj
- lästig adj

Translation Matrix for tricky:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	catchy; slippery
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	delicate; tangled
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
belastend	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	aggravating; damaging; incriminating
beschwerlich	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	aggravating; annoying; boring; critical; delicate; dreadful; dull; exasperating; irritating; perilous; precarious; tiresome; touchy
lästig	aggravating; incriminating; tough; tricky	abstemious; aggravating; annoying; awkward; boring; bothersome; clumsy; critical; delicate; disagreeable; doltish; dreadful; dull; embarrassed; gawky; hindrance-causing; ill-at-ease; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; not very good; owlish; perilous; poor; precarious; stiff; touchy; troublesome; uncomfortable; uneasy; unfit; unhandy; unpleasant; unsuitable; unwelcome; wooden

Related Words for "tricky":

trickiness, trickier, trickiest

Synonyms for "tricky":

slippery; untrustworthy; untrusty
catchy; difficult; hard
crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; wily; artful

Related Definitions for "tricky":

having concealed difficulty¹
- a tricky recipe to follow¹
not to be trusted¹

Wiktionary Translations for tricky:

tricky

adjective

hard to deal with
- tricky → schwierig; heikel
adept at using deception
- tricky → gerissen

tricky

adjective

heikel, schwierig, problematisch
- prekär → parlous; really difficult; embarrassing; tricky; awkward
widerruflich, unsicher
- prekär → precarious; uneasy; tricky
umständlich, undurchschaubar, schwierig, verzwickt, verstrickt
- kompliziert → complicated; difficult; sophisticated; tricky
heikel, viel Vorsicht und Fingerspitzengefühl erforderlich
- knifflig → tricky
schwierig, kompliziert, heikel, auch schwer verständlich (im zwischenmenschlichen oder gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhang verwendet)
- diffizil → tricky; delicate; difficult
kompliziert, schwierig
- verzwickt → tricky

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• tricky	→ unbequem; lästig	↔ lastig — moeilijheden veroorzakend of opwerpend
• tricky	→ abgefeimt; arglistig; gerieben; gewiegt; listig; schlau; gewitzt	↔ rusé — Qui a de la ruse, qui est plein de ruses.

Related Translations for tricky

a tricky question

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