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herhalten

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German

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Etymology

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her- +‎ halten

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈheːɐ̯ˌhaltn̩]
  • Hyphenation: her‧hal‧ten
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Verb

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herhalten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present hält her, past tense hielt her, past participle hergehalten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to serve as [with als ‘something or someone’]
    als Sündenbock herhaltenserve as scapegoat
  2. (transitive) to hold out (to move and hold something in the direction and within reach of the speaker)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • herhalten” in Duden online
  • herhalten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • herhalten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon