handhaven

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hanthaven, from Middle High German hanthaben, itself a calque from Old French maintenir, from Vulgar Latin manūteneō. Likely based also on Middle Dutch handhave (“handle”). Cognate with German handhaben.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑntˌɦaː.və(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: hand‧ha‧ven

Verb

handhaven

  1. (transitive) to enforce, to maintain, to uphold
  2. (transitive) to persevere with, to persist with/in
  3. (reflexive) to remain in charge, to remain in place

Inflection
Conjugation of handhaven (weak)
infinitive handhaven
past singular handhaafde
past participle gehandhaafd
infinitive handhaven
gerund handhaven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular handhaafhandhaafde
2nd person sing. (jij) handhaafthandhaafde
2nd person sing. (u) handhaafthandhaafde
2nd person sing. (gij) handhaafthandhaafde
3rd person singular handhaafthandhaafde
plural handhavenhandhaafden
subjunctive sing.1 handhavehandhaafde
subjunctive plur.1 handhavenhandhaafden
imperative sing. handhaaf
imperative plur.1 handhaaft
participles handhavendgehandhaafd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: handhaaf
  • → Indonesian: penegakan (semantic loan)
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