erhalten
Pronunciation: /ɛʁˈhaltən/
“erhalten” is a German word. Its 9 meanings in English:
verb
- to receive (something given, sent, won, etc.)
- to receive (a rebuke, punishment, fine, prison sentence, etc.)
- to receive (an injury, etc.)
- to receive (information, instructions, a message, etc.)
- to receive, to win (support, votes, an award, rights, a contract)
- to maintain, to keep (in a certain state)
- to save
- used to form the so-called dative-passive
adjective
- surviving, extant
Etymology
er- + halten
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