German

Noun

Widerstand m ‎(genitive Widerstands or Widerstandes, plural Widerstände)

1. resistance (act of resisting, or the capacity to resist)
2. resistance (physics: force that tends to oppose motion)
3. resistance (physics: opposition of a body to the flow of current)
4. resistance (sociology/history: An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation)
5. resistor (electronic component)

Declension

Related terms

• widerstehen

Derived terms

• widerstandsfähig
• Widerstandskämpfer

German

Verb

widerstand

1. First-person singular preterite of widerstehen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of widerstehen.