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eigenwillig (adj/adv)
   arbitrary, capricious, eccentric, idiosyncratic, individual, maverick, odd, outlandish, unconventional; contrary, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, wayward, willful

Irgendwie ist hier alles eigenwillig, die Landschaft, die Menschen, das Wetter.
Somehow everything seems to be unconventional here: the landscape, the people, the weather.
Die grüne Spitzenkandidatin Renate Künast irritiert mit ihren eigenwilligen Ideen die Stadt – und die eigene Partei.
The Green's top candidate, Renate Künast, is ruffling feathers in the city – and in her own party – with her outlandish ideas.
Das ist eine etwas eigenwillige Interpretation.
Well, that is a somewhat odd way of putting it.
Sänger, Tänzer, Schauspieler und so eigenwillig wie eine Primadonna.
Singer, dancer, actor and as headstrong as a prima donna.

Related:
die Eigenwilligkeit independence of mind, unconventionality, self-will
eigenartig peculiar, strange, idiosyncratic
selbstherrlich autocratic, self-opinionated, self-aggrandizing, high-handed

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