herhalten

== German == === Etymology === her- +‎ halten === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈheːɐ̯ˌhaltn̩] Hyphenation: her‧hal‧ten === Verb === herhalten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present hält her, past tense hielt her, past participle hergehalten, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to serve as [with als ‘something or someone’] als Sündenbock herhalten ― serve as scapegoat (transitive) to hold out (to move and hold something in the direction and within reach of the speaker) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Herhalten === Further reading === “herhalten” in Duden online “herhalten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “herhalten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon