behalten

Bedeutung

1. (class-7,strong,transitive) to keep (money, items, etc. in one's possession)
2. (class-7,strong,transitive) to keep [with accusative ‘information, etc.’ and für (+ accusative reflexive pronoun) ‘to oneself’], to not reveal (a secret)
3. (class-7,strong) to remember

Mit Bindestrich als

be‧hal‧ten

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[bəˈhaltn̩]

Etymologie

From Middle High German behalten, from Old High German bihaltan, from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan. Equivalent to be- + halten. Cognates include Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), English behold, Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).

Sätze

Sie haben Recht behalten .

Ultimately, that has proved to be the case.

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