behalten
B1keep, retain
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- keep, retain
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behalten in a sentence
Darf ich die Zeitschrift behalten?
May I keep the magazine?
Conjugation of behalten
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- behielt
- Perfect
- hat behalten
Where behalten comes from
etymologisch: mittelhochdeutsch behalten/behalden zu althochdeutsch bihaltan, erstmals verwendet im 8. Jahrhundert :strukturell:
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Questions about behalten
How do you conjugate behalten?
Present tense: behalte, behältst, behält, behalten, behaltet, behalten. Simple past: behielt. Perfect: hat behalten.
What does behalten mean in English?
behalten means "keep, retain". For example: "Darf ich die Zeitschrift behalten?" — "May I keep the magazine?"
What level is behalten in German?
behalten is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the giving & taking vocabulary.
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