festhalten
B1to hold fast
- English meaning
- to hold fast
- CEFR level
- B1 — Intermediate
- Vocabulary package
- Holding & Touching
- Dictionary
- German words with F
festhalten in a sentence
Halt dich gut fest.
Hold on tightly.
Conjugation of festhalten
festhalten is a separable verb — the prefix splits off and goes to the end of the clause.
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- hielt fest
- Perfect
- hat festgehalten
Word family
festhalten is built from halten (hold, stop) and das Fest (festival). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where festhalten comes from
Konversion aus dem Infinitiv des Verbs festhalten (substantivierter Infinitiv)
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Questions about festhalten
How do you conjugate festhalten?
Present tense: ich halte fest, du hältst fest, er hält fest, wir halten fest, ihr haltet fest, sie halten fest. Simple past: hielt fest. Perfect: hat festgehalten. festhalten is a separable verb, so the prefix moves to the end of the clause.
What does festhalten mean in English?
festhalten means "to hold fast". For example: "Halt dich gut fest." — "Hold on tightly."
What level is festhalten in German?
festhalten is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the holding & touching vocabulary.
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