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tolerieren: to tolerate — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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tolerieren

to tolerate

to accept, endure, or allow something without stopping it, despite not necessarily approving it

IPA/toleˈʁiːʁən/

Primary stress is on rie.

Meaning 1neutral · 92%

to accept, endure, or allow something without stopping it, despite not necessarily approving it

Die Leitung toleriert keine persönlichen Beleidigungen.

Ich kann etwas Lärm am Wochenende tolerieren.

Eine Meinung zu tolerieren heißt nicht, ihr zuzustimmen.

Tolerieren takes a direct accusative object. It often expresses a boundary between allowing and approving.

If you tolerate something, you allow or endure it; you do not necessarily think it is good.

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Which sentence is correct?

Tolerieren means to accept or allow something one may dislike or disagree with without preventing it.