holde

English

Noun

holde

1. Archaic spelling of hold.

Verb

holde

1. Archaic spelling of hold.

Anagrams

• Hodel, d-hole, dhole, holed

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʌlə]

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

• “holde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “holde,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

holde

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

German

Pronunciation

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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

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɔ̂ldə], [ˈhɔ̂lːə]

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

• beholde
• hemmeligholde
• holdbar
• holdeplass
• holder (noun)
• holdning
• håndholdt
• oppholde
• opprettholde
• overholde
• tviholde
• underholde
• velholdt

References

• “holde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.