enthalten

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛntˈhaltn̩], [ʔɛntˈhaltən]
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Verb

enthalten (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present enthält, past tense enthielt, past participle enthalten, past subjunctive enthielte, auxiliary haben)

  1. to contain, comprise or include
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 14:
      Es war aber auch eine Gegend, über die sich viel lernen ließ, und weltbekannte Orte enthielt sie, bei deren Nennung man stolz oder traurig werden konnte, je nachdem.
      But it was really a region that one could learn a lot about, and it contained world-famous places, at the mention of which one could become proud or sad, as the case may be.
  2. (reflexive, with genitive) to abstain from

Conjugation

Verb

enthalten

  1. past participle of enthalten

Adjective

enthalten (not comparable)

  1. contained, included, covered

Declension

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