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ungeduldig

impatient

adjective UN-ge-dul-dikh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Usage Note

ungeduldig is the negation of geduldig and describes restless eagerness or irritation at waiting, as in ungeduldig warten. Often paired with werden: er wird schnell ungeduldig.

Examples

"Die Kinder wurden im Stau ungeduldig."

Natural Translation

The children grew impatient in the traffic jam.

Literal Translation

The children grew in-the traffic-jam impatient.

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