What is the meaning of Houden?

to keep, preserve

to keep, to care for

to hold, to be engaged in

to hold, to have, to organise (an event)

to love; to like [with van ‘someone or something’]

to take for, to consider, to see as [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and voor (+ copulative object or adjective) ‘someone else/something else/a quality’]

to hold

to keep

alternative spelling of ouden; inflection of out:

1. masculine accusative/dative singular
2. neuter dative singular
3. dative plural

masculine accusative/dative singular

neuter dative singular

dative plural

Source: wiktionary.org