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Questions & Answers about Han beholdt verdigheten.
What does beholdt mean here, and what is its infinitive form?
Beholdt is the past tense of the verb å beholde, which means to keep, to retain, or to preserve.
So:
- å beholde = to keep / retain
- beholdt = kept / retained
In Han beholdt verdigheten, beholdt means kept or retained.
Why is it beholdt and not something like beholdte?
Because å beholde is one of the Norwegian verbs whose past tense is formed as -t, not -et or -de.
A very useful pattern is:
- å beholde → beholdt → har beholdt
So:
- infinitive: å beholde
- present: beholder
- past: beholdt
- past participle: beholdt
This is something learners usually just need to memorize as part of the verb’s pattern.
What does verdigheten mean exactly?