Geduld
German, noun
Geduld is spelled G-E-D-U-L-D (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geduld is a German feminine noun meaning “patience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, geduld is a different word: “singular imperative of gedulden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit, auf etwas länger zu warten”.
What does Geduld mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepatience
Sie wartete mit großer Geduld, bis sie endlich an der Reihe war.
verb
- 1
singular imperative of gedulden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit, auf etwas länger zu warten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to Geduld
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Geduld in German?
Geduld appears 18 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).