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unerschütterlich (adj/adv)
   steadfast, unshak(e)able; imperturbable; steadfastly

Sie glaubt unerschütterlich daran.
She has a steadfast belief in it.
Barack Obama hat sich für den Bau einer Moschee nahe dem am 11. September 2001 durch einen Terrorangriff zerstörten World Trade Center ausgesprochen. Das Bekenntnis der USA zur Religionsfreiheit müsse "unerschütterlich" bleiben.
Barack Obama spoke out for the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center that was destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The commitment of the USA to religious freedom must remain "unshakable."
("This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable.")

Related:
die Unerschütterlichkeit steadfastness
standhaft steadfast (refusal)
nicht schwanken not waver, remain steadfast

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