Mastodawn

The German word "halten" can mean:

- to hold
- to stop
- to last
- to keep

The word "halt" can mean:
- simply
- just

So, the sentence

"Jetzt halt halt den Mund, halt das mal, dann halt ich halt hier"

means

"Simply shut up, hold on to this, I will just stop here"

Enjoy halt our language!*

* The word "halt" can also replace entire SENTENCES:

Nimm' HALT noch einen Keks! - Take another cookie AND STOP GETTING ON MY NERVES!

Streng dich HALT an! - Try harder AND STOP BEING A WHIMP ABOUT IT!

Dann HALT nicht. - Then don't do it BUT ONLY BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF ASKING!

@jensclasen So what did that Polizist in Würzburg the other day mean when he cried out 'Halt!' to me? That I was welcome to a cookie?