Human qualities – negative

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Human qualities – negative

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Adjectives in use

Your score	Vocabulary	Audio	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	to be arrogant	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	arrogant sein	‘They were rather arrogant towards the suppliers.’
0/0	to be dishonest	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	unehrlich sein	‘The behaviour of one of the companies working on the project was somewhat dishonest.’
0/0	to be disrespectful	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	respektlos sein	‘The customer complained because he thought the sales assistant had been disrespectful.’
0/0	to be impolite	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	unhöflich sein	‘It’s impolite to be late to a meeting.’
0/0	to be lazy	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	faul sein	‘He should have repaired the coffee machine last week, but he’s too lazy.’
0/0	to be nasty	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	böse sein	‘Some of the feedback comments we received were quite nasty.’
0/0	to be pessimistic	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	pessimistisch sein	‘I’m quite pessimistic we’ll be able to sell the division this year. I think it’ll take another 18 months at least.’
0/0	to be rude	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	unhöflich sein	‘She was quite rude to the driver.’
0/0	to be unfriendly	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	unfreundlich sein	‘The shop staff were really unfriendly. I’ll shop elsewhere next time.’
0/0	to be unhelpful	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	nicht hilfreich sein	‘The sales assistant was particularly unhelpful. I won’t shop there again.’
0/0	to be unreliable	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	unzuverlässig sein	‘Their prices are low, but the installation team isn’t very reliable.’
0/0	to be untrustworthy	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	nicht vertrauenswürdig sein	‘I don’t think he’s very trustworthy. I’d rather deliver the parcel myself.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

0/0

to be arrogant

arrogant sein

‘They were rather arrogant towards the suppliers.’

0/0

to be dishonest

unehrlich sein

‘The behaviour of one of the companies working on the project was somewhat dishonest.’

0/0

to be disrespectful

respektlos sein

‘The customer complained because he thought the sales assistant had been disrespectful.’

0/0

to be impolite

unhöflich sein

‘It’s impolite to be late to a meeting.’

0/0

to be lazy

faul sein

‘He should have repaired the coffee machine last week, but he’s too lazy.’

0/0

to be nasty

böse sein

‘Some of the feedback comments we received were quite nasty.’

0/0

to be pessimistic

pessimistisch sein

‘I’m quite pessimistic we’ll be able to sell the division this year. I think it’ll take another 18 months at least.’

0/0

to be rude

unhöflich sein

‘She was quite rude to the driver.’

0/0

to be unfriendly

unfreundlich sein

‘The shop staff were really unfriendly. I’ll shop elsewhere next time.’

0/0

to be unhelpful

nicht hilfreich sein

‘The sales assistant was particularly unhelpful. I won’t shop there again.’

0/0

to be unreliable

unzuverlässig sein

‘Their prices are low, but the installation team isn’t very reliable.’

0/0

to be untrustworthy

nicht vertrauenswürdig sein

‘I don’t think he’s very trustworthy. I’d rather deliver the parcel myself.’

Nouns

Your score	Vocabulary	Audio	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	arrogance	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	Arroganz	‘I think the root cause of the problem is arrogance on the part of the project management team.’
0/0	dishonesty	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	Unehrlichkeit	‘We lost the contract as a result of his dishonesty.’
0/0	disrespect	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	Respektlosigkeit	‘The lack of communication was interpreted as disrespect.’
0/0	laziness	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	Faulheit	‘They displayed a certain degree of laziness in their approach to the project.’
0/0	nastiness	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	Bösartigkeit	‘The tone of the letter displayed a certain degree of nastiness.’
0/0	pessimism	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	Pessimismus	‘There’s a lot of pessimism among the team at the moment.’
0/0	rudeness	Audio files Please create a Getting Started or Pro account to access this audio file, or log in if you already have an account. Create an account	Unfreundlichkeit	‘I can’t stand rudeness.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

0/0

arrogance

Arroganz

‘I think the root cause of the problem is arrogance on the part of the project management team.’

0/0

dishonesty

Unehrlichkeit

‘We lost the contract as a result of his dishonesty.’

0/0

disrespect

Respektlosigkeit

‘The lack of communication was interpreted as disrespect.’

0/0

laziness

Faulheit

‘They displayed a certain degree of laziness in their approach to the project.’

0/0

nastiness

Bösartigkeit

‘The tone of the letter displayed a certain degree of nastiness.’

0/0

pessimism

Pessimismus

‘There’s a lot of pessimism among the team at the moment.’

0/0

rudeness

Unfreundlichkeit

‘I can’t stand rudeness.’

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