aanhouden

Meaning

1. (transitive) to arrest
2. (transitive) to hail (a cab); to stop (someone in order to ask a question)
3. (transitive) to keep up, keep on, maintain
4. (intransitive) to be ongoing, to persist
5. (transitive) to keep on, to continue wearing (clothing)
6. (transitive) to maintain in employment, to keep hired
7. (Suriname) to wait on a telephone call

Hyphenated as

aan‧hou‧den

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaːnɦɑu̯də(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch aenhouden. Equivalent to aan + houden.