aanhouden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch aenhouden. Equivalent to aan + houden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːnɦɑu̯də(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aan‧hou‧den
Verb
aanhouden
- (transitive) to arrest
- (transitive) to hail (a cab); to stop (someone in order to ask a question)
- (transitive) to keep up, to keep on
- Voor een normale gloeilamp wordt als beste compromis een temperatuur van ca. 2500 graden Celsius aangehouden.
- For a normal lightbulb, as the best compromise a temperature of ca. 2500 degrees Celsius is kept up.
- (intransitive) to be ongoing, to persist
- (transitive) to keep on, to continue wearing (clothing)
- (transitive) to maintain in employment, to keep hired
- (now chiefly Suriname) to wait on a telephone call
- Houd u aan.
- Please hold.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (arrest): arresteren, oppakken
Anagrams
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