enthalten

Meaning

Verb

1. (class-7,strong,transitive) to contain, comprise, include
2. (class-7,reflexive,strong) to abstain from (not to do, not to use)
3. (class-7,reflexive,strong) to abstain (vote neither in favour nor against)

Adj

contained, included, covered

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ʔɛntˈhal.tn̩]

Etymology

From Middle High German enthalten, equivalent to ent- + halten. Influenced by innehalten, einhalten (literally “to hold inside”). This is clearest in the sense “to contain”, compare Inhalt (“contents”); but it is possible even in the sense “to abstain”, compare mit etwas einhalten (“to stop”), sich einhalten (“to restrain oneself”). Cognate with Dutch onthouden (“to remember, withhold”) and inhouden (“to contain”), Middle Low German enthōlden, inhōlden.

Sentences

Was so 'ne Pizza sonst noch enthalten würde .

What else such a pizza would contain.

In unseren Abstimmungslisten ist zur Entschließung zu Burma keinerlei Änderungsantrag enthalten .

(DE) Mr President, in our voting lists there are no amendments at all to the resolution on Burma.

Sie produzieren halbviskose Sekrete , die Pheromone und andere Botenstoffe enthalten .

They produce semi-viscous secretions containing pheromones and other messengers.

Mohn und Muskat sind sowohl in harmlosen Lebensmitteln , als auch in Drogen enthalten .

Poppy and nutmeg are found in both harmless foods and drugs.