behalten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German behalten, from Old High German bihaltan, from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan. Equivalent to be- +‎ halten. Cognates include Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), English behold, Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈhaltn̩], [bəˈhaltən] (Germany) IPA(key): [b̥eˈhaltn̩], [-haltɛn] (Austria) Hyphenation: be‧hal‧ten === Verb === behalten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present behält, past tense behielt, past participle behalten, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to keep, to retain (money, items, etc. in one's possession) (transitive) to keep [with accusative ‘information, etc.’ and für (+ accusative reflexive pronoun) ‘to oneself’], to not reveal (a secret) Ich behalte es für mich. ― I'm keeping it secret. to remember ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “behalten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “behalten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “behalten” in Duden online “behalten” in OpenThesaurus.de