Synonyms: hang onto, have, hold, maintain, retain
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /kiːp/ |
| Hyphenation | keep |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑒𐑰𐑐 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) keep | (I) kept |
| (thou) keepest | (thou) keptst, keptest |
| (he) keeps, keepeth | (he) kept |
| (we) keep | (we) kept |
| (you) keep | (you) kept |
| (they) keep | (they) kept |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) keep | (I) kept |
| (thou) keep | (thou) kept |
| (he) keep | (he) kept |
| (we) keep | (we) kept |
| (you) keep | (you) kept |
| (they) keep | (they) kept |
| Imperative mood | |
| keep | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| keeping | kept |
| Afrikaans | hou |
|---|---|
| Catalan | mantenir; tenir |
| Czech | držet |
| Danish | bevare; holde |
| Dutch | bijhouden; houden |
| English (Old English) | healdan |
| Esperanto | teni |
| Faeroese | halda; taka um |
| Finnish | pitää |
| French | tenir |
| German | halten |
| Hungarian | tartani |
| Italian | tenere |
| Jamaican Patois | uol |
| Latin | habere; tenere |
| Luxemburgish | halen |
| Malay | memegang; pegang |
| Norwegian | holde |
| Papiamento | nister; tene |
| Polish | trzymać |
| Portuguese | conservar; guardar; manter; segurar; sustenar; ter |
| Romanian | ține |
| Russian | держать |
| Saterland Frisian | aphoolde; hoolde |
| Scots | keep |
| Scottish Gaelic | cum |
| Spanish | tener |
| Sranan | ori |
| Swedish | behålla; hålla |
| Thai | เก็บ; เก็บไว้; ถือ; จับไว้ |
| Turkish | tutmak |
| West Frisian | hâlde |
| Yiddish | האַלטן |