schadlos halten
German
Verb
schadlos halten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present hält schadlos, past tense hielt schadlos, past participle schadlos gehalten, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, chiefly law) to indemnify (to compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury), to make whole
- (reflexive) to get oneself a compensation
- sich für etwas an jemandem schadlos halten
- to make someone pay for something
- (reflexive, humorous) to indulge (usually as compensation for a loss or sacrifice)
- Synonym: sich gütlich tun
- sich an etwas schadlos halten
- to indulge oneself with something
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Schadloshaltung
Further reading
- “schadlos halten” in Duden online
- “schadlos” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schadlos halten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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