geduldig
German, adjective/ɡəˈdʊldɪç/
geduldig is spelled G-E-D-U-L-D-I-G (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geduldig is a German adjective meaning “patient (ability or willingness to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geduld habend”.
What does geduldig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
patient (ability or willingness to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering)
Sei geduldig, das braucht Zeit.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Geduld habend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of geduldig
- geduldiger masculine nominative singular
- am geduldigsten superlative
- geduldige feminine nominative singular
- geduldiges neuter nominative singular
- geduldigen genitive masculine singular
- geduldigem dative masculine singular
- der geduldige definite includes-article masculine
- die geduldige definite feminine includes-article
- das geduldige definite includes-article neuter
- die geduldigen definite includes-article nominative
- des geduldigen definite genitive includes-article
- der geduldigen definite feminine genitive
- dem geduldigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geduldig?
- /ɡəˈdʊldɪç/
- [ɡəˈdʊldɪç]
- [ɡəˈdʊldɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geduldig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geduldig in German?
geduldig appears 5.4 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).