English-German translations for jealous

• eifersüchtig
  In der Praxis wachen die Mitgliedstaaten eifersüchtig über die nationale und regionale Kulturhoheit. In practice, the Member States jealously guard their national and regional cultural sovereignty.
  Was wir auch leider heute zu oft vorfinden, ist eine Verzettelung der Zuständigkeiten, die auch heute noch eifersüchtig verteidigt wird. Sadly, what we still find too often is a dissipation of powers, which are still jealously guarded today.
  Es ist nur natürlich, dass Hersteller aus traditionellen Ursprungsländern diese Definitionen eifersüchtig und sorgsam hüten. It is only natural that manufacturers from traditional countries of origin jealously and carefully guard these definitions.
• neidisch
  Ich bin nur neidisch, daß ich selbst nicht anwesend war. I am almost jealous that I was not present.
• eifernd
• eifrig
• missgünstig
• neiderfüllt

Definition of jealous

• Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
• Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
• Suspecting, suspicious

Examples

• For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET

Related words

• jealousy
• jealously
• jealous person
• be jealous
• be jealous of
• professional jealousy