innehalten

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German inne halten, inhalten. Equivalent to inne- +‎ halten, literally “to hold in”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnəˌhaltən/
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Verb

innehalten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present hält inne, past tense hielt inne, past participle innegehalten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to pause, to wait a while (especially in order to think, reflect)
    Er hielt inne, um nachzudenken. ― He paused to think.
  2. (transitive) Archaic form of einhalten (“to keep, observe”)
  3. (transitive) Obsolete form of enthalten (“to contain, include”) [chiefly until 17th c.]

Conjugation

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