Geduldsfaden

German

Etymology

Geduld (patience) + -s- + Faden (thread)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈdʊltsˌfaːdn̩/
  • (file)

Noun

Geduldsfaden m (strong, genitive Geduldsfadens, plural (uncommon) Geduldsfäden)

  1. patience (seen as a notional thread that can break)
    Mir reißt der Geduldsfaden!I'm wearing out of patience!
    • 2022 March 10, Barbara Oertel, “Ende von Russlands Europarat-Mitarbeit: Desaster für Putins Kritiker”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Dabei war der Geduldsfaden des Europarates lang.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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