Sentence examples of "hielten" in German

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Sie hielten viel von Dr. Schweitzer. They had a high opinion of Dr. Schweitzer.
Wir hielten ihn irrtümlich für einen Amerikaner. We mistook him for an American.
Wir hielten es für eine fliegende Untertasse. We believed it to be a flying saucer.
Alle Anwesenden hielten es für echtes Gold. Those present took it for genuine gold.
Sogar die Experten hielten das Gemälde für einen echten Rembrandt. Even the experts took the painting for a genuine Rembrandt.
Die Ärzte hielten ihn für tot, aber heute ist er immer noch lebendig und gesund und hat Arbeit und eine Familie. The doctors thought he was dead, but today he is still alive and healthy, and has a job and a family.
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