unnachgiebig

unyielding

adjective OON-nahkh-gee-bikh Less Common

Also means

uncompromising

Usage Note

unnachgiebig means uncompromising and inflexible, from nachgeben (to give in) negated. One stays unnachgiebig hart. It describes an attitude of firm refusal to budge.

Examples

"In dieser Frage blieb sie unnachgiebig."

Natural Translation

On this question she remained unyielding.

Literal Translation

In this question stayed she unyielding.

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