noun#1,614 by frequency
der Widerstand
/ˈviːdɐˌʃtant/
resistance
- genitive
- des Widerstandes
- plural
- die Widerstände
- built from
- Wider + Stand
Meanings
- 1
resistance — act of resisting, or the capacity to resist
Sie ging den Weg des geringsten Widerstandes.
She followed the path of least resistance.
Tatoeba · Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR
Der Vorschlag traf auf Widerstand.
The proposal met with opposition.
Tatoeba · Tamy · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
resistance — physics: force that tends to oppose motionrare
- 3
resistance — physics: opposition of a body to the flow of currentrare
- 4
resistance — sociology/history: An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupationrare
- 5
resistor — electronic componentrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derWiderstand | dieWiderstände |
| accusative | denWiderstand | dieWiderstände |
| dative | demWiderstand | denWiderständen |
| genitive | desWiderstandes | derWiderstände |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.