No. 4,408 in German
halt
"halt" in German means "stop" or "hold," and can also mean "just" or "simply" in colloquial usage depending on context.
In a sentence
Manchmal ist das Leben halt so.
Sometimes life is just like that.
Here, 'halt' is used to express resignation or to underscore the inevitability of the fact stated.
Halte bitte an dieser Haltestelle.
Please stop at this stop.
In this sentence, 'halte' is the imperative form of 'halten', meaning 'to stop' or 'to hold'.
Er hielt den Schlüssel fest in seiner Hand.
He held the key tightly in his hand.
The word 'hielt' is the past tense of 'halten', referring to the action of holding something.
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