Bibehåll

Bibehöll is the past tense form of the Swedish verb bibehålla, which means to retain, preserve, or keep in a given state. It is used transitively, describing the continuation of rights, status, properties, or conditions from one point in time to another. The form is common in formal, administrative, or legal writing and in historical accounts where the persistence of a condition is being described.

Conjugation and related forms: present tense is bibehåller, past participle is bibehållit, and the adjective form is bibehållen. The word is closely related to behålla, a more everyday synonym that also means to keep or retain, but bibehålla and its past tense bibehöll carry a more formal or durable sense of continuity.

Usage notes: bibehålla is often preferred in everyday language, while bibehållen and bibehöll are more likely to appear in legal texts, official reports, or historical narrative. The emphasis with bibehölla is on maintaining a state over time, rather than simply keeping something for a short period.

Examples: Företaget bibehöll sina rättigheter efter uppköpet. Regeringen bibehöll status quo under budgetförhandlingarna. Lagen bibehöll det tidigare beslutet i flera år.

See also: behålla, bibehållen, bevara. The terms share the core sense of maintaining or preserving, but bibehålla and its past forms are typified by formal or durable continuity, whereas behålla is more common in everyday usage.