Conjunation

gedulden (sich) — German conjugation

to be patient, to wait patiently

Frequency#1995Regular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Regular

Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.

Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgedulde michI am patient
dugeduldest dichyou are patient
er/sie/esgeduldet sichhe/she/it is patient
wirgedulden unswe are patient
ihrgeduldet euchyou (pl.) are patient
sie/Siegedulden sichthey are patient

Simple past (Präteritum) Regular

Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.

Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichgeduldete michI was patient
dugeduldetest dichyou were patient
er/sie/esgeduldete sichhe/she/it was patient
wirgeduldeten unswe were patient
ihrgeduldetet euchyou (pl.) were patient
sie/Siegeduldeten sichthey were patient

Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular

The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.

Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe mich geduldetI have been patient
duhast dich geduldetyou have been patient
er/sie/eshat sich geduldethe/she/it has been patient
wirhaben uns geduldetwe have been patient
ihrhabt euch geduldetyou (pl.) have been patient
sie/Siehaben sich geduldetthey have been patient

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular

The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.

Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte mich geduldetI had been patient
duhattest dich geduldetyou had been patient
er/sie/eshatte sich geduldethe/she/it had been patient
wirhatten uns geduldetwe had been patient
ihrhattet euch geduldetyou (pl.) had been patient
sie/Siehatten sich geduldetthey had been patient

Future I (Futur I) Regular

Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.

Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde mich geduldenI will be patient
duwirst dich geduldenyou will be patient
er/sie/eswird sich geduldenhe/she/it will be patient
wirwerden uns geduldenwe will be patient
ihrwerdet euch geduldenyou (pl.) will be patient
sie/Siewerden sich geduldenthey will be patient

Future II (Futur II) Regular

Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.

Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde mich geduldet habenI will have been patient
duwirst dich geduldet habenyou will have been patient
er/sie/eswird sich geduldet habenhe/she/it will have been patient
wirwerden uns geduldet habenwe will have been patient
ihrwerdet euch geduldet habenyou (pl.) will have been patient
sie/Siewerden sich geduldet habenthey will have been patient

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular

Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.

Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?

PronounGerman
ichgeduldete mich
dugeduldetest dich
er/sie/esgeduldete sich
wirgeduldeten uns
ihrgeduldetet euch
sie/Siegeduldeten sich

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Regular

The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.

Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.

PronounGerman
dugedulde dich
ihrgeduldet euch

Verbs near gedulden (sich)

frankieren · freihaben · fretten · frömmeln · frösteln · gniedeln · grillen · guillotinieren · gutmachen · gären