Geduld: der, die or das?
dieGeduld
Patience
Short answer: Geduld takes the article die (die Geduld). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “patience” in English.
Geduld: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Patience
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Geduld take die?
No suffix rule covers Geduld, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Geduld as something red.
See the article rules →Geduld in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Geduld |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Geduld |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Geduld |
