kleinhalten
German, verb[ˈklaɪ̯nˌhaltn̩]
kleinhalten is spelled K-L-E-I-N-H-A-L-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleinhalten is a German verb meaning “to keep down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden/etwas daran hindern, an Bedeutung, Einfluss, Macht zu gewinnen; nicht groß – im Sinne von wichtig –…”.
What does kleinhalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to keep down
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden/etwas daran hindern, an Bedeutung, Einfluss, Macht zu gewinnen; nicht groß – im Sinne von wichtig – werden lassen
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 kleinhalten
- hält klein present singular third-person
- hielt klein past
- kleingehalten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- kleinhaltend participle present
- kleinzuhalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- halte klein first-person indicative present
- halten klein first-person indicative plural
- hältst klein indicative present second-person
- haltet klein indicative plural present
- haltest klein second-person singular subjunctive
- hielten klein first-person indicative plural
- hielte klein first-person singular subjunctive
- hieltest klein indicative preterite second-person
- hieltst klein indicative preterite second-person
- hieltet klein indicative plural preterite
- halt klein! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kleinhalten?
- [ˈklaɪ̯nˌhaltn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kleinhalten in German?
kleinhalten appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).