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virtue
A morally valuable quality or attitude of a person. Examples of virtues are honesty, patience, courage, or justice.
Geduld ist eine Tugend, die heutzutage selten geworden ist.
Patience is a virtue that has become rare nowadays.
to make a virtue of necessity
An idiom that means to make the best of an unfavorable or difficult situation and even use it to one's own advantage.
Als der Aufzug kaputt war, machte er aus der Not eine Tugend und nahm die Treppe, um fit zu bleiben.
When the elevator was broken, he made a virtue of necessity and took the stairs to stay fit.
'Tugend' (virtue) is often used in the structure '[quality] ist eine Tugend' ([quality] is a virtue) to describe a quality as morally valuable. In this way, many positive qualities can be described as a virtue.
In Deutschland gilt Pünktlichkeit als eine wichtige Tugend.
In Germany, punctuality is considered an important virtue.
The word 'Tugend' (virtue) belongs more to elevated or formal language and has a slightly philosophical or old-fashioned sound. It is used less often in everyday conversation.
In seiner Rede sprach der Präsident über die Tugend der Nächstenliebe.
In his speech, the president spoke about the virtue of charity.
The idiom 'aus der Not eine Tugend machen' (to make a virtue of necessity) is fixed and cannot be changed. It means using a negative situation creatively to one's own advantage.
Da der Supermarkt geschlossen hatte, machte sie aus der Not eine Tugend und kochte mit den Resten aus dem Kühlschrank.
Since the supermarket was closed, she made a virtue of necessity and cooked with the leftovers from the fridge.
