gehaltenen
Translation
held, given, kept
Examples
Er dachte über den gehaltenen Vortrag nach.
He thought about the given lecture.
Wir danken dem Redner für die gehaltenen Worte.
We thank the speaker for the words that were spoken.
Grammar Patterns
[gehaltenen + Noun (masc. sg. acc.)] the given/kept... Er dachte über den gehaltenen Vortrag nach.
[gehaltenen + Noun (pl. dat./gen.)] of/to the given/kept... Dank der gehaltenen Versprechen vertrauen wir ihm.
Similar Words
Synonyms: given, kept, maintained; Antonyms: broken, dropped
Etymology
Inflected form of 'gehalten', the past participle of 'halten' (to hold), with the common adjectival ending '-en'.
Memory Tips
The '-en' ending is extremely common for German adjectives, especially in dative, genitive, accusative masculine, and plural forms.