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keep

Pronunciation: /kiːp/

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German translation of keep

A. v.t. (kept /kept/)

B. v.i. (kept)

  • 1 (remain) bleiben are you keeping well? = gehts dir gut?
  • 2keep [to the] left/right = sich links/rechts halten keep doing sth. (repeatedly) = etw. immer wieder tun keep talking/working etc. until … = weiterreden/-arbeiten usw., bis …
  • 3 (remain good) [Lebensmittel] sich halten

C. n.

  • 1 (maintenance) Unterhalt
  • 3 [Hist.] (tower) Bergfried

Phrasal verbs

keep ˈback

B. v.t. a (restrain) zurückhalten [Menschenmenge, Tränen] b (withhold) verschweigen [Informationen, Tatsachen] (from) (Dat.)

keep ˈdown

A. v.i. unten bleiben
B. v.t. a niedrig halten [Steuern, Preise usw.] keep one's weight down = nicht zunehmen b keep your voice down! = rede nicht so laut!

keep ˈoff

A. v.i. [Person] wegbleiben
B. v.t. fern halten ‘keep off the grass’ = “Betreten des Rasens verboten„

keep ˈon

v.i. weitermachen (with) (Akk.) keep on doing sth. = etw. [immer] weiter tun; (repeatedly) = etw. immer wieder tun

keep ˈout

A. v.i. ‘keep out’ = “Zutritt verboten„
B. v.t. nicht hereinlassen

keep ˈup

A. v.i. keep up with sb./sth. = mit jmdm./etw. Schritt halten
B. v.t. aufrechterhalten [Freundschaft, jmds. Moral] keep one's strength up = sich bei Kräften halten keep it up! = weiter so!

keep in other Oxford dictionaries

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