Synonyms: rescue, save
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /kiːp/ |
| Hyphenation | keep |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑒𐑰𐑐 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) keep | (I) kept |
| (thou) keepest | (thou) keptst, keptest |
| (he) keeps, keepeth | (he) kept |
| (we) keep | (we) kept |
| (you) keep | (you) kept |
| (they) keep | (they) kept |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) keep | (I) kept |
| (thou) keep | (thou) kept |
| (he) keep | (he) kept |
| (we) keep | (we) kept |
| (you) keep | (you) kept |
| (they) keep | (they) kept |
| Imperative mood | |
| keep | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| keeping | kept |
| Afrikaans | red |
|---|---|
| Catalan | salvar |
| Czech | spasit; zachránit; zachraňovat |
| Danish | beholde |
| Dutch | behouden |
| English (Old English) | ahreddan; sparian |
| Esperanto | savi |
| Faeroese | bjarga |
| Finnish | pelastaa |
| French | sauver |
| German | retten; erlösen; erretten |
| Italian | salvare |
| Luxemburgish | biergen |
| Papiamento | salba; skapa |
| Portuguese | poupar; salvar |
| Saterland Frisian | lööse; rädje |
| Spanish | salvar |
| Swahili | ‐afua |
| Swedish | rädda |
| West Frisian | rêde; sparje |