holde

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English

Noun

holde

  1. Archaic spelling of hold.

Verb

holde

  1. Archaic spelling of hold.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną, cognate with Swedish hålla, English hold, German halten, Dutch houden.

Pronunciation

Verb

holde (imperative hold, infinitive at holde, present tense holder, past tense holdt, perfect tense har holdt)

  1. to hold
  2. to keep
  3. to last
  4. to stop

Conjugation

Inflection of holde
present past
simple holder holdt
perfect har holdt havde holdt
passive holdes holdtes
participle holdende holdt
imperative hold —
infinitive holde —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund holden —

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

holde

  1. inflection of hollen:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

holde

  1. inflection of hold:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle English

Adjective

holde

  1. inflection of hold:
    1. plural
    2. adverbial

Noun

holde

  1. fidelity

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Danish holde, from Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

holde (imperative hold, present tense holder, passive holdes, simple past and past participle holdt, present participle holdende)

  1. to hold
  2. to tolerate, to withstand
  3. to keep
    å holde vakt ― to keep watch
    å holde varmen ― to keep warm
  4. to be doing + på
    Jeg holder på å lære meg norsk.
    I am learning Norwegian.

Derived terms

References

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