behalten

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

be‧hal‧ten

Pronounced as (IPA)

[bəˈhaltn̩]

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

Sie haben Recht behalten .

Ultimately, that has proved to be the case.

Wir behalten uns vor , einzelne Forenbeiträge ohne Begründung zu bearbeiten oder zu löschen .

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