Belgian Dutch reference

tegenhouden

to hold back; to stop (someone or something)

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Dutch as used in Belgium, with separate jij / je, gij / ge and u rows. Alternatives are retained where supplied.

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Indicative

Present

tegenhouden: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI hold back
jij / jeyou hold back
gij / geyou (Flemish) hold back
uyou (formal) hold back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it holds back
wij / wewe hold back
jullieyou (plural) hold back
zij / zethey hold back

Simple past

tegenhouden: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI held back
jij / jeyou held back
gij / geyou (Flemish) held back
uyou (formal) held back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it held back
wij / wewe held back
jullieyou (plural) held back
zij / zethey held back

Compound past

tegenhouden: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI held back; I have held back
jij / jeyou held back; you have held back
gij / geyou (Flemish) held back; you (Flemish) have held back
uyou (formal) held back; you (formal) have held back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it held back; he/she/it has held back
wij / wewe held back; we have held back
jullieyou (plural) held back; you (plural) have held back
zij / zethey held back; they have held back

Past perfect

tegenhouden: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had held back
jij / jeyou had held back
gij / geyou (Flemish) had held back
uyou (formal) had held back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it had held back
wij / wewe had held back
jullieyou (plural) had held back
zij / zethey had held back

Future

tegenhouden: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will hold back
jij / jeyou will hold back
gij / geyou (Flemish) will hold back
uyou (formal) will hold back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will hold back
wij / wewe will hold back
jullieyou (plural) will hold back
zij / zethey will hold back

Future perfect

tegenhouden: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will have held back
jij / jeyou will have held back
gij / geyou (Flemish) will have held back
uyou (formal) will have held back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will have held back
wij / wewe will have held back
jullieyou (plural) will have held back
zij / zethey will have held back

Future (gaan)

tegenhouden: Future (gaan)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI am going to hold back
jij / jeyou are going to hold back
gij / geyou (Flemish) are going to hold back
uyou (formal) are going to hold back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it is going to hold back
wij / wewe are going to hold back
jullieyou (plural) are going to hold back
zij / zethey are going to hold back

Conditional

Conditional

tegenhouden: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would hold back
jij / jeyou would hold back
gij / geyou (Flemish) would hold back
uyou (formal) would hold back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would hold back
wij / wewe would hold back
jullieyou (plural) would hold back
zij / zethey would hold back

Conditional perfect

tegenhouden: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would have held back
jij / jeyou would have held back
gij / geyou (Flemish) would have held back
uyou (formal) would have held back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would have held back
wij / wewe would have held back
jullieyou (plural) would have held back
zij / zethey would have held back

Imperative

Imperative

tegenhouden: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jehold back!
gij / gehold back! (Flemish)
uhold back! (formal)
julliehold back! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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