beibehalten
German, verb
beibehalten is spelled B-E-I-B-E-H-A-L-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beibehalten is a German verb meaning “to maintain, keep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Beibehalten is a different word: “gerund of beibehalten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas nicht verändern”.
What does beibehalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to maintain, keep
- 2
to retain
noun
- 1
neutergerund of beibehalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas nicht verändern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of beibehalten
- behält bei present singular third-person
- behielt bei past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- beibehaltend participle present
- beizubehalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- behalte bei first-person indicative present
- behalten bei first-person indicative plural
- behältst bei indicative present second-person
- behaltet bei indicative plural present
- behaltest bei second-person singular subjunctive
- behielten bei first-person indicative plural
- behielte bei first-person formal rare
- behieltest bei indicative preterite second-person
- behieltst bei indicative preterite second-person
- behieltet bei indicative plural preterite
- behalte bei! imperative singular
- behaltet bei! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to beibehalten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beibehalten in German?
beibehalten appears 6.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).