Meaning
A good thing takes time; one should be patient.
Primary Function
Expressing patience
Communicative Purpose
Encouraging patience or justifying delays
Pattern
Gut Ding will Weile haben
Core Structure
Gut Ding will Weile haben
Função primária
Expressing patience
Propósito comunicativo
Encouraging patience or justifying delays
Situações de gatilho
When a project takes longer than expected, when someone is becoming impatient
Contextos
Everyday conversations, workplace, educational discussions
Padrão
Gut Ding will Weile haben
Estrutura central
Gut Ding will Weile haben
Slots de substituição
No variable parts; the saying is fixed
Colocados típicos
- Gut Ding
- Weile
- haben
Substituições comuns
- Gut Ding → Gutes
- Weile → Zeit (changes the meaning)
Erros comuns
Confusion of 'Weile' with capitalization errors, incorrect word order
Similar / contraste
Geduld ist eine Tugend, Rom wurde nicht an einem Tag erbaut
Interferências
In English it is often rendered as 'Good things take time', but the literal 'Gut Ding' should not be used.
Família do chunk
- Gut Ding wird Weile brauchen
- Gut Ding braucht seine Zeit
Nuance
Emphasizes that quality requires time, slightly formal
Efeito pragmático
Signals understanding and calls for patience
Dica de memória
Gutes braucht Zeit
Nota
Der Spruch wird häufig eingesetzt, um auf die Notwendigkeit von Geduld hinzuweisen, besonders bei langfristigen Projekten.
Upgrade path
Qualitativ hochwertige Ergebnisse erfordern Zeit und Sorgfalt
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