FromMiddle High Germanhaben, fromOld High Germanhabēn (akin toOld Saxonhebbian,Old Norsehafa (Swedishhava/ha),Old Frisianhabba,Gothic𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽(haban),Old Englishhabban), fromProto-West Germanic*habbjan, fromProto-Germanic*habjaną, fromProto-Indo-European*keh₂p-(“to grasp”). Cognates includeBavarianhåbn,Yiddishהאָבן(hobn),Dutchhebben,Englishhave,Danishhave.
- IPA(key): /ˈhaːbən/,[ˈhäːbən],[ˈhäːbn̩],[ˈhäːbm̩](standard)
- IPA(key): /ham/(common; particularly in the present tense, occasionally also in the infinitive)
- IPA(key): [ɦɑːʔm̩](less common; colloquially used in southern Germany)
- Hyphenation:ha‧ben
- Rhymes:-aːbn̩
haben (irregular,third-person singular presenthat,past tensehatte,past participlegehabt,past subjunctivehätte,auxiliaryhaben)
- (auxiliary)forms theperfectaspect (have) [withpastparticiple]
- Dashabe ich nicht gesagt. ―Ihaven't said that.
- (transitive) tohave; toown(to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
- Ichhabe ein Auto. ―Iown a car.
- Siehat braune Haare. ―Shehas got brown hair.
- (transitive) tohave; tohold(to contain within itself/oneself)
Glaub undhab keine Angst.- Believe and don't be afraid
- (literally, “...andhave no fear.”)
- (transitive) tohave,get(to obtain, acquire)
- (transitive) toget(to receive)
- (transitive) tohave(to be scheduled to attend)
- Morgen Nachmittaghabe ich eine Vorlesung. ―I've got a lecture tomorrow afternoon.
- (transitive) tohave(to be afflicted with, suffer from)
- Erhat Krebs. ―Hehas cancer.
- (transitive, of units of measure) tocontain, becomposed of,equal
Ein Meterhat 100 Zentimeter.- There are 100 centimetres in one metre.
- (literally, “One metrehas 100 centimetres.”)
- (impersonal, regional, withes)there be,there is,there are
Eshat zwei Bücher.- There are two books.
- (reflexive, colloquial, withso) tomake afuss
Hab dich nicht so!- Don't make such a fuss!
- (colloquial) to beoccupied with, tolike, to be into[withesandmit(+dative)‘something/someone’]
Ichhab's nich so mit Hunden.- I'm not a great fan of dogs.
- (literally, “I don'thave it that much with dogs.”)
- (regional, colloquial) totalk[withes,along withvon(+dative)orüber(+accusative)‘about someone/something’]
Wirhatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin.- We've just been talking about you and your girlfriend.
- (literally, “We justhad it about you and your girlfriend.”)
- tohave to,must[withzu(+infinitive)‘do something’](especially regarding expectations by authority, at the threat of severe disapproval or consequences)
Erhat sich zu benehmen.- Hehas to behave himself.
Conjugation of
haben (
irregular, auxiliary
haben)
Composed forms of
haben (
irregular, auxiliary
haben)
Colloquially,hab (also writtenhab') is often used as the first person singular of the present indicative, instead ofhabe.
- “haben” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “haben” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “haben” inDuden online
- “haben” inOpenThesaurus.de
haben
- alternative form ofhaven(“to have”)
FromProto-West Germanic*habbjan, fromProto-Germanic*habjaną, whence alsoOld Saxonhebbian,Old Englishhabban,Old Norsehafa,Gothic𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽(haban). Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*keh₂p-(“to grasp”), whence alsoLatincapiō.
habēn
- tohave
Conjugation ofhabēn (weak class 3)
- Middle High German:hān,haben
- Alemannic German:haa,ha,heen,hoh,hä,häbä,hè
- Swabian:hau
- Bavarian:hoom,hobm,hobn,hom,ho,hob
- Cimbrian:haban,hen,håm
- Mòcheno:hom
- Northern Bavarian:[hɔm]
- Central Franconian:han,hann(most dialects)
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch:hamm
- Upper Saxon German:ham,hom
- Vilamovian:hon
- East Franconian:
- German:haben
- Berlinerisch:ham
- Ruhrpöttisch:habn
- Rhine Franconian:hann,hawwe(Vorderpfälzisch),hunn(northern Palatine)
- Frankfurterisch:[havə];[hɑvə],[hɔvə](older)
- Palatine German:hann,hawwe,hunn
- Pennsylvania German:hawwe
- Upper Hessian:hu,hunn
- Yiddish:האָבן(hobn)