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verzwickt (adj)
   complicated, complex, tricky; knotty, intricate; difficult

Einen kabellosen Fernseher hat er schon gebaut, aber die Ausführung ist verzwickt.
He has already built a cordless TV set, but making it work is tricky.
(Related to the wireless transmission of electric current, an invention by MIT physicist Marin Soljacic.)

Related Words:
kompliziert complicated
schwierig difficult
vertrackt awkward, complicated, tricky
verwickelt complicated, intricate, involved

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