behouden

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɦɑu̯də(n)/ Hyphenation: be‧hou‧den Rhymes: -ɑu̯dən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch behouden, from Old Dutch *bihaldan, from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to keep”). Equivalent to be- +‎ houden. ==== Verb ==== behouden (transitive) to save, keep Synonyms: houden, bewaren (transitive) to preserve Synonyms: houden, bewaren ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: behou, behoue Negerhollands: behou, hou === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== behouden past participle of behouden ===== Declension ===== == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch bihaldan. Equivalent to be- +‎ houden. === Verb === behouden to keep, to not lose to keep, to preserve, to protect to have left over to have power over, to rule over to get, to receive ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== behoudelike behoudenisse behoudere behoudinge ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: behoudenAfrikaans: behou, behoueNegerhollands: behou, hou Limburgish: behaaje === Further reading === “behouden (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “behouden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I