Dictionary
Widerstand
Meaning
- resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist)
- resistance (physics: force that tends to oppose motion)
- resistance (physics: opposition of a body to the flow of current)
- resistance (sociology/history: An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation)
- resistor (electronic component)
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈviːdɐˌʃtant/
Etymology
Derived from widerstehen; equivalent to wider- + Stand.
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Während seiner Studentenzeit schloss er 👨 sich im Widerstand gegen den Austrofaschismus den Kommunisten an 🔛 .
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During his student days, he joined the Communists in resistance to Austro-fascism.
