Polyglot Dictionary

aushalten

/ˈaʊsˌhaltn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
hält aus
past
hielt aus
perfect
hat ausgehalten

Meaning

  1. to endure, to bear

    Built from aus (out) + halten (to hold).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • aus out
  • halten to hold

Similar words

ertragen

Near-total synonyms for "to endure, to bear"; aushalten is everyday and colloquial, as in "ich halte es nicht aus" (I can't stand it); ertragen is more formal or literary.

Similar in other languages

English

suffer

Close — to endure/bear and to suffer overlap.

Practice

1 What does aushalten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich halte diese Hitze nicht ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aushalten?

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