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anhaltend

persistent

adjective AN-hal-tent Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

sustained

Usage Note

anhaltend describes something that keeps going without stopping, as in anhaltender Regen ('persistent rain') or anhaltendes Wachstum ('sustained growth'). It is the present participle of the separable verb anhalten, which also means 'to stop' a vehicle, so context disambiguates.

Examples

"Es gab anhaltenden Applaus."

Natural Translation

There was sustained applause.

Literal Translation

It gave sustained applause.

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