enthalten
enthalten
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ʔɛntˈhal.tn̩]
Etymology
In summary
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.
Related words
abstain
put into
embrass
inkludieren
hineintun
sich befinden
sich enthalten
ankundigen
umhalsen
sich zusammensetzen aus
erläutern, erklären, einleuchten, bedeuten
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