behouden
Meaning
- (transitive) to save, keep
- (transitive) to preserve
Frequency
Hyphenated as
be‧hou‧den
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈɦɑu̯də(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch behouden, from Old Dutch *bihaldan, from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to keep”). Equivalent to be- + houden.
New
behouden
- (transitive) to save, keep
- (transitive) to preserve
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