adjective
tolerant, open-minded
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tolerant: adjective meaning tolerant or open-minded. Gradable with comparative tolerant-er (German 'toleranter') and superlative ('am tolerantesten'). Common collocation tolerant gegenüber (takes gegenüber + dative). Antonym: intolerant. Regular adjective patterns; used to describe people or attitudes accepting differing opinions or behaviors.
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Der Lehrer blieb tolerant, obwohl einige Schüler laut waren.
The teacher remained tolerant, although some students were loud.
Sie ist sehr tolerant gegenüber anderen Meinungen.
She is very tolerant of other people's opinions.
In unserer Klasse sind die Schüler offen und tolerant.
The students in our class are open-minded.
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Picture someone calmly listening to different opinions without reacting.
sounds like English 'tolerant'
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tolerant is gradable (toleranter, am tolerantesten). It describes a tolerant, accepting attitude and is commonly used in social and educational contexts.