festhalten
\ˈfɛstˌhaltn̩\
The verdict
“festhalten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retenir, maintenir, empêcher quelqu'un ou quelque chose de bouger ou de partir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-festhalten · festhalten · French
festhalten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | festhalten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈfɛstˌhaltn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
festhalten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈfɛstˌhaltn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for festhalten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is festhalten, spelled F-E-S-T-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Retenir, maintenir, empêcher quelqu'un ou quelque chose de bouger ou de partir.
- 2Se retenir, s'accrocher.
- 3Constater, faire remarquer quelque chose, documenter, noter.
- 4Rester attaché à quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how festhalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Doch zwischen der Situation der Frauen und der der Schwarzen gibt es tiefgreifende Analogien: die einen wie die anderen emanzipieren sich heute von derselben Bevormundung, und die bisherige Herrenkaste will sie dort festhalten, «wo sie hingehören», d.h. auf dem Platz, den sie ihnen zugedacht hat.
(Li Rui) prangerte Mao Zedongs verheerende Kampagne des «Grossen Sprungs nach vorn» an, die eine katastrophale Hungersnot auslöste, oder er hielt trocken fest, der heutige Staats- und Parteichef Xi Jinping sei von bescheidenem Bildungsniveau.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.