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erhalten
Meaning
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- to receive (something given, sent, won, etc.)
- to receive (a rebuke, punishment, fine, prison sentence, etc.)
- to receive (an injury, etc.)
- to receive (information, instructions, a message, etc.)
- to receive, to win (support, votes, an award, rights, a contract)
- to maintain, to keep (in a certain state)
- to save
- used to form the so-called dative-passive
Hyphenated as
er‧hal‧ten
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛʁˈhaltən/
Etymology
er- + halten
erhalten
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- to receive (something given, sent, won, etc.)
- to receive (a rebuke, punishment, fine, prison sentence, etc.)
- to receive (an injury, etc.)
- to receive (information, instructions, a message, etc.)
- to receive, to win (support, votes, an award, rights, a contract)
- to maintain, to keep (in a certain state)
- to save
- used to form the so-called dative-passive
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Von der ehemaligen Burganlage sind nur noch Mauerreste erhalten .
Only remnants of the wall remain from the former castle complex.