draufhalten
German, verb
draufhalten is spelled D-R-A-U-F-H-A-L-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Draufhalten is a German verb meaning “to hold something on something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Draufhalten is a different word: “gerund of draufhalten”.
What does draufhalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hold something on something
noun
- 1
neutergerund of draufhalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of draufhalten
- hält drauf present singular third-person
- hielt drauf past
- draufgehalten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- draufhaltend participle present
- draufzuhalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- halte drauf first-person indicative present
- halten drauf first-person indicative plural
- hältst drauf indicative present second-person
- haltet drauf indicative plural present
- haltest drauf second-person singular subjunctive
- hielten drauf first-person indicative plural
- hielte drauf first-person singular subjunctive
- hieltest drauf indicative preterite second-person
- hieltst drauf indicative preterite second-person
- hieltet drauf indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is draufhalten in German?
draufhalten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).