Trägheit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acedia noun Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety.
- idleness noun The state of not working or doing anything; laziness or inactivity.
- inaction noun A failure to act; doing nothing when something should be done.
- indolence noun Habitual laziness or sloth.
- inertia noun In physics, the tendency of an object to keep doing whatever it's already doing — staying still or moving in a straight line — unless a force acts on it.
- inertness noun Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion
- laziness noun Unwillingness to work or make an effort.
- lethargy noun A lack of energy and enthusiasm; sluggishness or drowsiness.
- phlegm noun Thick mucus produced in the throat or airways, especially when coughed up during a cold or infection.
- sloth noun Laziness or a strong reluctance to make an effort.
- slowness noun The quality or state of being slow.
Senses
Trägheit is used for these senses in English:
- acedia Spiritual or mental sloth.
- idleness The state of being indolent; indolence.
- inaction Lack of action or activity or labor
- indolence Habitual laziness or sloth.
- inertia (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
- inertia (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
- laziness The quality of being lazy
- lethargy A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]