Geduldsfaden

== German == === Etymology === Geduld (“patience”) +‎ -s- +‎ Faden (“thread”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈdʊltsˌfaːdn̩/ === Noun === Geduldsfaden m (strong, genitive Geduldsfadens, plural (uncommon) Geduldsfäden) (figurative) patience (seen as a notional thread that can break) Mir reißt der Geduldsfaden! ― I'm wearing out of patience! ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Geduldsfaden” in Duden online “Geduldsfaden”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)