Toleranz

tolerance

noun to-le-RANTS Rare

Origin: from Latin tolerare

Also means

permissible margin

Usage Note

Toleranz is tolerance of differing views or ways of life, a prized civic value: religiöse Toleranz. In engineering it also names a permissible margin of error: die Toleranz eines Bauteils. The verb is tolerieren (to tolerate).

Examples

"Gegenseitige Toleranz hält die Gesellschaft zusammen."

Natural Translation

Mutual tolerance holds society together.

Literal Translation

Mutual tolerance holds the society together.

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