Polyglot Dictionary

widerstehen

/viːdɐˈʃteːən/

verb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
widersteht
past
widerstand
perfect
hat widerstanden

Meaning

  1. to resist

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

résister

résister is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to resist."

Portuguese

resistir

resistir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to resist."

Practice

1 What does widerstehen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er konnte der Versuchung nicht ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches widerstehen?

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