weghalten
German, verb
weghalten is spelled W-E-G-H-A-L-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written German, the 326,119th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weghalten is a German verb meaning “to hold something away from someone/oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weghalten is a different word: “gerund of weghalten”.
What does weghalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hold something away from someone/oneself
- 2
to steer clear, stay away from someone or something
noun
- 1
neutergerund of weghalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of weghalten
- hält weg present singular third-person
- hielt weg past
- weggehalten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- weghaltend participle present
- wegzuhalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- halte weg first-person indicative present
- halten weg first-person indicative plural
- hältst weg indicative present second-person
- haltet weg indicative plural present
- haltest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- hielten weg first-person indicative plural
- hielte weg first-person singular subjunctive
- hieltest weg indicative preterite second-person
- hieltst weg indicative preterite second-person
- hieltet weg indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is weghalten in German?
weghalten appears about once in every 31 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).