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How to Say ‘I'll stop the meter’ in German

Ich halte die Uhr an

ikh HAL-teh dee oor an

[ikh HAL-teh dee oor an]

💬 Usage Tip: anhalten "to stop" splits in two, with an going to the end: Ich halte die Uhr an. Taxi drivers call the meter die Uhr, literally "the clock".

Phrase Breakdown

Ich halte

ikh HAL-teh

I stop / I hold

This comes from the separable verb 'anhalten'. The prefix 'an' moves to the end of the sentence.

Example

Ich halte kurz an.

I'll stop briefly.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

halte

[HAL-teh]

stop (with 'an')

'anhalten' is separable: to stop or pause.

Example

Ich halte hier an.

I'm stopping here.

die Uhr an

dee oor an

the clock / the meter (stop)

'Die Uhr' means the clock, here the taxi meter. 'An' completes 'anhalten'. 'Uhr' sounds like 'oor'.

Example

Halt die Uhr an!

Stop the clock!

Words in this phrase

die

[dee]

the

Definite article used to specify something already known.

Example

Die Katze ist süß.

The cat is cute.

Uhr

[oor]

meter / clock

Here the taxi meter that counts the fare.

Example

Die Uhr läuft schon.

The meter is already running.

[an]

(separable prefix)

Prefix of 'anhalten', placed at the end.

Example

Der Bus hält gleich an.

The bus is about to stop.

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