English–German dictionary

German translation of the English word detain

English → German
  
EnglishGerman (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(hold back; retain; reserve; withhold)
zurückhalten
(arrest; apprehend; nick);
verhaften
;
arrestieren
🔗 Russian opposition leader and Vladimir Putin critic Aleksej Navalʹnyj has been detained by police after returning to Moscow five months after being poisoned by a nerve agent.
(restrain; inhibit; keep; prevent; stop; withhold)
aufhalten

EnglishGerman
detain aufhalten; in Haft halten