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GERMAN VERB

freihalten

to keep free, a room or a seat

  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: freigehalten

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I keep free
  2. du you keep free
  3. er, sie, es he/she keeps free
  4. wir we keep free
  5. ihr you all keep free
  6. sie, Sie they keep free

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I kept free
  2. du you kept free
  3. er, sie, es he/she kept free
  4. wir we kept free
  5. ihr you all kept free
  6. sie, Sie they kept free

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have kept free
  2. du you have kept free
  3. er, sie, es he/she has kept free
  4. wir we have kept free
  5. ihr you all have kept free
  6. sie, Sie they have kept free

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will keep free
  2. du you will keep free
  3. er, sie, es he/she will keep free
  4. wir we will keep free
  5. ihr you all will keep free
  6. sie, Sie they will keep free

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would keep free
  2. du you would keep free
  3. er, sie, es he/she would keep free
  4. wir we would keep free
  5. ihr you all would keep free
  6. sie, Sie they would keep free

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du keep free!
  2. ihr keep free! (all of you)
  3. Sie keep free! (formal)

How to use freihalten

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich halte dir einen Platz frei.

    I'll keep a seat free for you.

  2. Simple past

    Der Kellner hielt uns den Tisch am Fenster frei.

    The waiter kept the table by the window for us.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben dir ein Zimmer freigehalten.

    We've kept a room free for you.

  4. Future

    Ich werde mir den Nachmittag freihalten.

    I'll keep the afternoon free.

  5. Conditional

    Würdest du mir einen Platz freihalten?

    Would you keep a seat for me?

  6. Imperative

    Haltet euch bitte den ersten Mai frei!

    Please keep the first of May free!

Good to know

  • Freihalten works for seats and for dates alike: Halt dir den Samstag frei.

Where you hear freihalten

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Intermediate Level 1

  • Ich halte das Zimmer frei. I'm keeping the room free.
  • Ich habe dir einen Platz freigehalten. I kept a seat free for you.
  • Nächsten Sommer halte ich das Zimmer frei. Next summer I'll keep the room free.
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Last Evening on the Coast

Intermediate Level 1 · Dann halte ich das Zimmer frei.

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