Looking up...
The main difficulty is finding a suitable location for the event.
Die Hauptschwierigkeit besteht darin, einen geeigneten Ort für die Veranstaltung zu finden.
Schwierigkeit, Problem, Hindernis
She faced many difficulties in her new job.
Sie hatte viele Schwierigkeiten in ihrem neuen Job.
The difficulty of the task was underestimated.
Die Schwierigkeit der Aufgabe wurde unterschätzt.
Can refer to abstract challenges or concrete obstacles.
Schwierigkeitsgrad (z. B. in Tests oder Aufgaben)
This book is of intermediate difficulty.
Dieses Buch hat einen mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad.
Often used in educational or skill contexts.
Learn common collocations like 'with difficulty' (mit Mühe) and 'great difficulty' (große Schwierigkeiten) to sound more natural in German.
'Schwierigkeit' is feminine (die Schwierigkeit), so always use 'die' or 'eine' unless in plural (die Schwierigkeiten).
From Latin *difficultas* (hardness, difficulty), from *difficilis* (hard to do), from *dis-* (apart) + *facilis* (easy).
Used for both concrete obstacles and abstract challenges. In German, 'Schwierigkeit' is the primary translation, but 'Problem' or 'Hindernis' may be used depending on context.