demanding

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• UK: /dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ/
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• US: /dəˈmændɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɑːndɪŋ
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh2-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand English -ing English demanding From demand + -ing.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: напрегнат (napregnat) — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Catalan: exigent — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Czech: náročný — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Finnish: vaativa — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• French: éprouvant — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• French: exigeant — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Galician: esixente — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Greek: απαιτητικός (apaititikós) — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Hungarian: megerőltető — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Hungarian: nehéz — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Hungarian: fárasztó — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Hungarian: munkaigényes — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Japanese: きつい (kitsui) — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Norman: exigeant — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Norwegian Bokmål: krevende — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Polish: wymagający — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Russian: тре́бующий уси́лий (trébujuščij usílij) — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Russian: напряжённый (naprjažónnyj) — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Spanish: exigente — requiring much endurance, strength, or patience
• Bulgarian: взискателен (vziskatelen) — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Bulgarian: придирчив (pridirčiv) — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Dutch: veeleisend — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Finnish: vaatelias — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Finnish: vaativa — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Finnish: tarkka — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• French: exigeant — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Galician: esixente — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• German: anspruchsvoll — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• German: wählerisch — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Greek: απαιτητικός (apaititikós) — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Hungarian: igényes — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Hungarian: szigorú — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Hungarian: nagyigényű — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Hungarian: kényes — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Polish: wymagający — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Russian: тре́бовательный (trébovatelʹnyj) — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Russian: взыска́тельный (vzyskátelʹnyj) — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Spanish: exigente — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Ukrainian: вимогли́вий (vymohlývyj) — making great demands; difficult to satisfy
• Ukrainian: вибагли́вий (vybahlývyj) — making great demands; difficult to satisfy