houden
- (transitive) to keep, preserve
- (transitive) to keep, to care for
- (transitive) to hold, to be engaged in
- (transitive) to hold, to have, to organise (an event)
- (intransitive) to love; to like
- (transitive) to take for, to consider, to see as
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɦɑu̯də(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch houden, from Old Dutch haldan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.
Related words
cause to take place
result in
act as agent
purvey
act as go-between
be fond of
terughouden
ten uitvoer brengen
stationeren
vervatten
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