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complicated
Difficult to understand, handle, or solve because something consists of many parts or the connections are hard to see through.
Die Montage des Schranks war komplizierter als erwartet.
Assembling the cabinet was more complicated than expected.
complicated
Refers to a person who is difficult to deal with because they think or act in a roundabout way or are hard to satisfy.
Er ist ein sehr komplizierter Mensch, man weiß nie, was er wirklich denkt.
He is a very complicated person; you never know what he really thinks.
'Kompliziert' (complicated) can also be used as an adverb to describe the manner of an action. It then means 'in a complicated way' and remains unchanged after the verb.
Warum musst du immer alles so kompliziert erklären?
Why do you always have to explain everything in such a complicated way?
The meaning of 'kompliziert' (complicated) depends on the context. If it refers to a thing, a problem, or a situation, it means 'hard to understand'. If it refers to a person, it means 'difficult to deal with'.
Die Gebrauchsanweisung ist kompliziert, ich verstehe sie nicht.
The instruction manual is complicated; I don't understand it.
A very common and useful combination is 'unnötig kompliziert' (unnecessarily complicated). It expresses that something could be simpler than it is presented.
Das Formular ist unnötig kompliziert gestaltet.
The form is designed in an unnecessarily complicated way.
heavy / difficult
Schwer and kompliziert can both express that a procedure is not easy to understand or use. Kompliziert identifies a complex structure or connections that are difficult to see through as the reason; schwer describes the resulting difficulty more generally. Kompliziert fits the structure, while schwer fits the challenge of dealing with it.
Das Verfahren ist kompliziert, weil es aus vielen einzelnen Schritten besteht.
The procedure is complicated because it consists of many individual steps.
Das Verfahren ist schwer zu verstehen, deshalb brauche ich Hilfe.
The procedure is difficult to understand, so I need help.
