behalten

B1 Verb frequency rank #1,358

What behalten means

Verb

to keep, to retain (money, items, etc. in one's possession)
to keep [with accusative ‘information, etc.’ and für (+ accusative reflexive pronoun) ‘to oneself’], to not reveal (a secret)
to remember

Forms

behalten · behält · behielt · hat behalten (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

behalten in a sentence

Du kannst das Buch behalten.

You can keep the book.

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behalten is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #1,358 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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