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.
quiet / calm
'die Ruhe' and 'die Geduld' both have to do with calm behavior. 'Ruhe' describes a state without inner agitation or stress. 'Geduld' is the ability to wait calmly or endure difficulties without immediately becoming annoyed. So you may need 'Ruhe' in a hectic situation, but 'Geduld' especially when something takes a long time or does not work right away. Learners may confuse the words because patient people often seem calm. The difference is: 'Ruhe' is the state; 'Geduld' is the ability when waiting or persevering.
Das Team hat viel Geduld gezeigt, obwohl die Technik immer wieder Probleme machte.
The team showed a lot of patience, even though the technology kept causing problems.
Im Gespräch blieb er ruhig, weil er die Ruhe bewahren wollte.
He stayed calm during the conversation because he wanted to keep his composure.