Wiktionary

behouden

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈɦɑu̯də(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧hou‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯dən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch behouden, from Old Dutch *bihaldan, from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to keep”). Equivalent to be- +‎ houden.

Verb

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behouden

  1. (transitive) to save, keep
  2. (transitive) to preserve
Conjugation
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Conjugation of behouden (strong class 7, slightly irregular, prefixed)
infinitive behouden
past singular behield
past participle behouden
infinitive behouden
gerund behouden n
present tense past tense
1st person singular behou, behoud behield
2nd person sing. (jij) behoudt, behou2, behoud2 behield
2nd person sing. (u) behoudt behield
2nd person sing. (gij) behoudt behieldt
3rd person singular behoudt behield
plural behouden behielden
subjunctive sing.1 behoude behielde
subjunctive plur.1 behouden behielden
imperative sing. behou, behoud
imperative plur.1 behoudt
participles behoudend behouden
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: behou, behoue
  • Negerhollands: behou, hou

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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behouden

  1. past participle of behouden
Declension
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Declension of behouden
uninflected behouden
inflected behouden
positive
predicative/adverbial behouden
indefinite m./f. sing. behouden
n. sing. behouden
plural behouden
definite behouden
partitive behoudens

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch bihaldan. Equivalent to be- +‎ houden.

Verb

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behouden

  1. to keep, to not lose
  2. to keep, to preserve, to protect
  3. to have left over
  4. to have power over, to rule over
  5. to get, to receive

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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