behouden

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to save, keep
  2. (transitive) to preserve

behouden

  1. (transitive) to save, keep
  2. (transitive) to preserve

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Concepts

keep
preserve
save
conserve
retain
maintain
rescue
safe
store
secure
cache
hold

proceed with

protect
reliable
responsible
second
2nd
stand by
support
sure
sustain
trustworthy
uphold
back
🔙

grampositive

assert
benign
certain
continue
countenance
dependable
espouse
faithful
go on
harmless
Synonyms

bewaren
B1
bergen
B1
overhouden
26k
conserveren
43k
onderhouden
C1
redden
A1
veilig
A1

safe

geborgen
24k
ongevaarlijk
C2

ruggesteunen

schoren
schragen
stellig
33k
steunen
B1
vast
A1
vasthouden
B1

vaststaand

verdedigen
B1

verder gaan met

vertrouwd
C1
vervolgen
C1
verzekerd
C1
voortgaan
39k
voortzetten
C1
waarnemen
C2
wis
C2
zeker
A1
handhaven
C1
vrijwaren
42k
behartigen
34k
grampositief
betrouwbaar
C1

bona fide

doorgaan
B1
dragen
A2
gewis
goedaardig
24k
houden
A1
ondersteunen
C1
Translations

behalten
conserver
maintenir
erhalten
aufbewahren
konservieren
sauver
retten
conservar
bergen
erretten
erlösen
conservare
retenir
sûr
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈɦɑu̯də(n)/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
behouden
Inherited from Old Dutch
*bihaldan
In summary

From Middle Dutch behouden, from Old Dutch *bihaldan, from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to keep”). Equivalent to be- + houden.

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