freihalten
German, verb
freihalten is spelled F-R-E-I-H-A-L-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freihalten is a German verb meaning “to keep free” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Freihalten is a different word: “gerund of freihalten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in einem Zustand halten, in dem es durch nichts blockiert wird; jede mögliche Blockade im Ansatz…”.
What does freihalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to keep free
- 2
to keep clear
noun
- 1
neutergerund of freihalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in einem Zustand halten, in dem es durch nichts blockiert wird; jede mögliche Blockade im Ansatz verhindern 2. jemandes Zeche übernehmen
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 freihalten
- hält frei present singular third-person
- hielt frei past
- freigehalten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- freihaltend participle present
- freizuhalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- halte frei first-person indicative present
- halten frei first-person indicative plural
- hältst frei indicative present second-person
- haltet frei indicative plural present
- haltest frei second-person singular subjunctive
- hielten frei first-person indicative plural
- hielte frei first-person singular subjunctive
- hieltest frei indicative preterite second-person
- hieltst frei indicative preterite second-person
- hieltet frei indicative plural preterite
- halt frei! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is freihalten in German?
freihalten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).