onthouden
Dutch
Etymology
ont- + houden
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑu̯dən
Verb
onthouden
- to keep in mind, remember
- Ik zal het onthouden voor de volgende keer. — I'll keep it in mind for the next time.
- (arithmetic, by extension) to carry
- Even zien, 3 onthouden, delen door 5, maal 8 maakt 1! — Let's see, carry 3, divide by 5, times 8 makes 1!
- to retain, withhold
- Ik onthield mijn stem, want ik heb geen mening over deze zaak. — I retained my vote, because I haven't got an opinion about this case.
- to deny
- Je kunt hem dat plezier niet onthouden — You can't deny him that pleasure.
- (reflexive) to abstain
- Vasten is het zich geheel of gedeeltelijk onthouden van eten of drinken voor een bepaalde periode. — Fasting is the entire or partial abstention from eating or drinking for a certain period.
Inflection
| Inflection of onthouden (strong class 7, slightly irregular, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | onthouden | |||
| past singular | onthield | |||
| past participle | onthouden | |||
| infinitive | onthouden | |||
| gerund | onthouden n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | onthou, onthoud | onthield | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | onthoudt | onthield | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | onthoudt | onthield | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | onthoudt | onthieldt | ||
| 3rd person singular | onthoudt | onthield | ||
| plural | onthouden | onthielden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | onthoude | onthielde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | onthouden | onthielden | ||
| imperative sing. | onthou, onthoud | |||
| imperative plur.1 | onthoudt | |||
| participles | onthoudend | onthouden | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- (retain, withhold): onthouding
Participle
onthouden
- past participle of onthouden
Inflection
| Inflection of onthouden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | onthouden | |||
| inflected | onthouden | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | onthouden | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | onthouden | ||
| n. sing. | onthouden | |||
| plural | onthouden | |||
| definite | onthouden | |||
| partitive | onthoudens | |||