geduldig
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈdʏl.dəx/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʏldəx
Adjective
geduldig (comparative geduldiger, superlative geduldigst)
- patient (ability or willingness to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering)
- Antonym: ongeduldig
Declension
| Declension of geduldig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | geduldig | |||
| inflected | geduldige | |||
| comparative | geduldiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | geduldig | geduldiger | het geduldigst het geduldigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | geduldige | geduldigere | geduldigste |
| n. sing. | geduldig | geduldiger | geduldigste | |
| plural | geduldige | geduldigere | geduldigste | |
| definite | geduldige | geduldigere | geduldigste | |
| partitive | geduldigs | geduldigers | — | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: geduldig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German gedultic, from Old High German gidultig; By surface analysis, Geduld + -ig. Cognates include Dutch geduldig and Old English geþyldig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈdʊldɪç/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
geduldig (strong nominative masculine singular geduldiger, comparative geduldiger, superlative am geduldigsten)
- patient (ability or willingness to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering)
- Antonym: ungeduldig
- Sei geduldig, das braucht Zeit.
- Be patient, this takes time.
Declension
Positive forms of geduldig
Comparative forms of geduldig
Superlative forms of geduldig