English

Verb

forhold ‎(third-person singular simple present forholds, present participle forholding, simple past forheld, past participle forheld or forholden)

1. (transitive) To detain; hold up; hold back; retain; withhold; limit.
   • 1682, Thomas Comber, An historial Vindication of the divine Right of Tithes:

     King Alfred, his Son, when he made the League Guthran King of the Danes, An.878. made a Law to lay pecuniary Mulcts on all English or Danes, who should detain or forhold their Tithes, the Dane being to forfeit Twenty shillings, [...]

   • 1912, United States Congress, Congressional edition - Page 721:

     "[...] When the subject of contract is lawful, not public in its character, and the exercise of it is purely private and personal to the parties it can not be forholden or limited by the legislature."

   • 1964, Prentice-Hall, inc, Prentice-Hall federal taxes: Volume 3:

     Persona with incomes under $600 forheld from their wages.

Danish

Etymology

From the verb forholde, ultimately from Middle Low German vorholden.

Noun

forhold n (singular definite forholdet, plural indefinite forhold)

1. relation
2. relationship
3. proportion
4. condition
5. ratio

Synonyms

• relation
• holdning
• proportion, størrelsesforhold

Inflection

Derived terms

Verb

forhold

1. imperative of forholde

References

• “forhold” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Verhältnis

Pronunciation

Noun

forhold n ‎(definite singular forholdet, indefinite plural forhold, definite plural forholda or forholdene)

1. relation; the manner in which two things may be associated.
2. relationship; a romantic or sexual involvement.
3. proportion; the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
4. condition; the state or quality of something, e.g. værforhold: weather conditions
5. a ratio

Derived terms

• arbeidsforhold
• forholdsvis
• leveforhold
• værforhold

References

• “forhold” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Verhältnis

Noun

forhold n ‎(definite singular forholdet, indefinite plural forhold, definite plural forholda)

1. relation; the manner in which two things may be associated.
2. relationship; a romantic or sexual involvement.
3. proportion; the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
4. condition; the state or quality of something.
5. a ratio

Derived terms

• arbeidsforhold
• forholdsvis
• leveforhold

References

• “forhold” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.