enthalten.
to contain, comprise, include
Meaning & usage
to contain, comprise, include
Diese Gerichte enthalten wenig Fett.
to abstain from (not to do, not to use)
Er schwor, sich aller fleischlichen Gelüste zu enthalten.
to abstain (vote neither in favour nor against)
Ich enthalte mich.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German enthalten, equivalent to ent- + halten. Influenced by innehalten, einhalten (literally “to hold inside”). This is clearest in the sense “to contain”, compare Inhalt (“contents”); but it is possible even in the sense “to abstain”, compare mit etwas einhalten (“to stop”), sich einhalten (“to restrain oneself”). Cognate with Dutch onthouden (“to remember, withhold”) and inhouden (“to contain”), Middle Low German enthōlden, inhōlden.
contained, included, covered
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