patience
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patience
The ability to wait for something calmly and without anger or restlessness, or to endure difficulties and delays.
Beim Angeln braucht man vor allem eines: viel Geduld.
When fishing, you need one thing above all: a lot of patience.
'Die Geduld' (patience) is related to the verb 'dulden' (to tolerate/endure), which means 'ertragen' (to bear/endure) or 'tolerieren' (to tolerate). So patience is the ability to endure a situation such as waiting or difficulties.
Er konnte keine Kritik dulden.
He could not tolerate any criticism.
'Geduld' (patience) is very often combined with certain verbs. The most important are 'Geduld haben' (to have patience), 'Geduld brauchen' (to need patience), and 'die Geduld verlieren' (to lose patience).
Für dieses Hobby muss man viel Geduld haben.
You have to have a lot of patience for this hobby.
To express that one's patience has run out, there are fixed expressions. Very common are 'meine Geduld ist am Ende' (my patience is at an end) or 'jemandem reißt die Geduld' (someone's patience snaps).
Als der Computer schon wieder abstürzte, riss mir die Geduld.
When the computer crashed yet again, my patience snapped.
When you want to say with whom or what someone is patient, German uses the preposition 'mit' followed by the dative. The construction is: 'Geduld mit jemandem/etwas haben' (to have patience with someone/something).
Lehrer brauchen viel Geduld mit ihren Schülern.
Teachers need a lot of patience with their students.
endurance
Geduld and Ausdauer help you cope with a long or difficult situation. Geduld means remaining calm while waiting or when there are delays. Ausdauer is needed to continue a strenuous activity over a longer period of time.
Beim Warten auf die Ergebnisse des langen Trainings braucht sie Geduld.
While waiting for the results of the long training program, she needs patience.
Beim täglichen Training für den langen Lauf braucht sie Ausdauer.
Daily training for the long-distance run requires endurance.
