Geduldsfaden

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈdʊltsˌfaːdn̩/
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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)

Declension

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