Translation for "entgegenstanden" to english

Entgegenstanden

• opposed
• were opposed

Translation examples

opposed

Du wolltest dort sein, und du musstest alles loslassen, was dem Wollen entgegenstand.
You intended being there, and anything that was opposed to it you had to let go.

Immer hatte ich von den Frauen, die ich geliebt hatte, Geist und Bildung verlangt, ohne je ganz zu merken, daß auch die geistvollste und verhältnismäßig gebildetste Frau niemals dem Logos in mir Antwort gab, sondern stets ihm entgegenstand;
I had always wanted mind and culture in the women I had loved, and I had never remarked that even the most intellectual and, comparatively speaking, educated woman never gave any response to the Logos in me, but rather constantly opposed it.

Verhandeln um unser unveräußerliches Eigentum und Recht! – Ich fing an zu spüren, daß der König gegen alle Gründe, die dem Krieg entgegenstanden, schon erblindet war, und was ihn blind und taub gemacht, das war der Satz der Truppenführer: Wir gewinnen. Vater, bat ich ihn, nimm ihnen wenigstens den Vorwand, Helena.
To negotiate over our inalienable property and rights!’ I began to see that my father was already blind to all the reasons for opposing war, and that what made him blind and deaf was the declaration of the military leaders: we will win. ‘Father,’ I begged him. ‘At least deprive them of the pretext of Helen.