how to pronounce held

/hɛlt/

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held is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of held in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… es ist kein held aber es ist eine nacht …”

meanings of held

noun:

Protagonist.
Hero.

held frequency in german - B2 level of CEFR

the word held occurs in german on average 17.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.