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vasthouden
vasthouden
Dutch
Verb
vasthouden
- to hold (onto), to retain
- Kun je dat even voor me vasthouden?
- Can you hold that for me for a moment?
- Kun je dat even voor me vasthouden?
Inflection
| Inflection of vasthouden (strong class 7, slightly irregular, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vasthouden | |||
| past singular | hield vast | |||
| past participle | vastgehouden | |||
| infinitive | vasthouden | |||
| gerund | vasthouden n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | hou vast, houd vast | hield vast | vasthou, vasthoud | vasthield |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | houdt vast | hield vast | vasthoudt | vasthield |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | houdt vast | hield vast | vasthoudt | vasthield |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | houdt vast | hieldt vast | vasthoudt | vasthieldt |
| 3rd person singular | houdt vast | hield vast | vasthoudt | vasthield |
| plural | houden vast | hielden vast | vasthouden | vasthielden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | houde vast | hielde vast | vasthoude | vasthielde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | houden vast | hielden vast | vasthouden | vasthielden |
| imperative sing. | hou vast, houd vast | |||
| imperative plur.1 | houdt vast | |||
| participles | vasthoudend | vastgehouden | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||