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Verb

haben

to have

Auxiliary: haben

'haben' is one of the most important German verbs, used both as a main verb (to have/possess) and as an auxiliary to form compound past tenses for most verbs.

Ich habe ein Buch.

I have a book.

Indikativ

Präsens

Present

ich habe
I have

Ich habe heute keine Zeit.

I have no time today.

du hast
you have

Hast du einen Moment?

Do you have a moment?

er/sie/es hat
he/she/it has

Sie hat zwei Kinder.

She has two children.

wir haben
we have

Wir haben ein neues Auto.

We have a new car.

ihr habt
you (plural) have

Habt ihr noch Fragen?

Do you still have questions?

sie/Sie haben
they/you (formal) have

Sie haben viele Freunde.

They have many friends.

Präteritum

Simple Past

ich hatte
I had

Gestern hatte ich Kopfschmerzen.

Yesterday I had a headache.

du hattest
you had

Du hattest völlig recht.

You were completely right.

er/sie/es hatte
he/she/it had

Er hatte kein Geld dabei.

He had no money with him.

wir hatten
we had

Wir hatten viel Spaß.

We had a lot of fun.

ihr hattet
you (plural) had

Ihr hattet ein großes Haus.

You had a big house.

sie/Sie hatten
they/you (formal) had

Sie hatten keine andere Wahl.

They had no other choice.

Perfekt

Present Perfect

ich habe gehabt
I have had

Ich habe großes Glück gehabt.

I have had great luck.

du hast gehabt
you have had

Du hast einen langen Tag gehabt.

You have had a long day.

er/sie/es hat gehabt
he/she/it has had

Er hat eine schwere Kindheit gehabt.

He has had a hard childhood.

wir haben gehabt
we have had

Wir haben gestern Besuch gehabt.

We had visitors yesterday.

ihr habt gehabt
you (plural) have had

Habt ihr Probleme mit dem Zug gehabt?

Did you have problems with the train?

sie/Sie haben gehabt
they/you (formal) have had

Sie haben einfach Pech gehabt.

They simply had bad luck.

Plusquamperfekt

Past Perfect

ich hatte gehabt
I had had

Ich hatte den Schlüssel vorher gehabt.

I had had the key before.

du hattest gehabt
you had had

Du hattest die Idee zuerst gehabt.

You had had the idea first.

er/sie/es hatte gehabt
he/she/it had had

Sie hatte den Job schon vorher gehabt.

She had already had the job before.

wir hatten gehabt
we had had

Wir hatten das Auto lange gehabt.

We had had the car for a long time.

ihr hattet gehabt
you (plural) had had

Ihr hattet damals mehr Zeit gehabt.

You had had more time back then.

sie/Sie hatten gehabt
they/you (formal) had had

Sie hatten nie eine echte Chance gehabt.

They had never had a real chance.

Futur I

Future I

ich werde haben
I will have

Morgen werde ich mehr Zeit haben.

Tomorrow I will have more time.

du wirst haben
you will have

Du wirst bald großen Erfolg haben.

You will have great success soon.

er/sie/es wird haben
he/she/it will have

Er wird morgen eine Prüfung haben.

He will have an exam tomorrow.

wir werden haben
we will have

Am Wochenende werden wir viele Gäste haben.

We will have many guests at the weekend.

ihr werdet haben
you (plural) will have

Ihr werdet damit keine Probleme haben.

You will have no problems with it.

sie/Sie werden haben
they/you (formal) will have

Sie werden bald ein Baby haben.

They will have a baby soon.

Futur II

Future II

ich werde gehabt haben
I will have had

Bis dahin werde ich genug Zeit gehabt haben.

By then I will have had enough time.

du wirst gehabt haben
you will have had

Du wirst sicher wieder Glück gehabt haben.

You will surely have had luck again.

er/sie/es wird gehabt haben
he/she/it will have had

Er wird bestimmt einen guten Grund gehabt haben.

He will certainly have had a good reason.

wir werden gehabt haben
we will have had

Nächste Woche werden wir alles gehabt haben.

By next week we will have had everything.

ihr werdet gehabt haben
you (plural) will have had

Ihr werdet viel Arbeit gehabt haben.

You will have had a lot of work.

sie/Sie werden gehabt haben
they/you (formal) will have had

Sie werden am Ende doch Erfolg gehabt haben.

They will have had success in the end after all.

Konjunktiv I

Konjunktiv I Präsens

Present Subjunctive I

ich habe
(that) I have

Er sagt, ich habe genug Geld.

He says that I have enough money.

du habest
(that) you have

Man sagt, du habest großes Talent.

They say that you have great talent.

er/sie/es habe
(that) he/she/it have

Sie behauptet, er habe keine Zeit.

She claims that he has no time.

wir haben
(that) we have

Er meint, wir haben recht.

He thinks that we are right.

ihr habet
(that) you (plural) have

Er sagt, ihr habet wirklich Glück.

He says that you really have luck.

sie/Sie haben
(that) they/you (formal) have

Man sagt, sie haben viel Erfahrung.

They say that they have a lot of experience.

Konjunktiv I Perfekt

Perfect Subjunctive I

ich habe gehabt
(that) I have had

Er sagt, ich habe recht gehabt.

He says that I have been right.

du habest gehabt
(that) you have had

Sie meint, du habest nur Pech gehabt.

She thinks that you have just had bad luck.

er/sie/es habe gehabt
(that) he/she/it have had

Man sagt, er habe früher Erfolg gehabt.

They say that he has had success before.

wir haben gehabt
(that) we have had

Er behauptet, wir haben Glück gehabt.

He claims that we have had luck.

ihr habet gehabt
(that) you (plural) have had

Sie sagt, ihr habet gestern Besuch gehabt.

She says that you had visitors yesterday.

sie/Sie haben gehabt
(that) they/you (formal) have had

Man sagt, sie haben Probleme gehabt.

They say that they have had problems.

Konjunktiv II

Konjunktiv II Präteritum

Imperfect Subjunctive II

ich hätte
I would have

Ich hätte gern einen Kaffee.

I would like a coffee.

du hättest
you would have

Hättest du morgen Zeit für mich?

Would you have time for me tomorrow?

er/sie/es hätte
he/she/it would have

Sie hätte lieber ein Buch als Blumen.

She would rather have a book than flowers.

wir hätten
we would have

Wir hätten da noch eine Frage.

We would have one more question.

ihr hättet
you (plural) would have

Ihr hättet dort bestimmt Spaß.

You would certainly have fun there.

sie/Sie hätten
they/you (formal) would have

Sie hätten gern mehr Platz im Büro.

They would like more space in the office.

Konjunktiv II Plusquamperfekt

Pluperfect Subjunctive II

ich hätte gehabt
I would have had

Mit mehr Zeit hätte ich Erfolg gehabt.

With more time I would have had success.

du hättest gehabt
you would have had

Du hättest fast einen Unfall gehabt.

You would have almost had an accident.

er/sie/es hätte gehabt
he/she/it would have had

Ohne Hilfe hätte er keine Chance gehabt.

Without help he would have had no chance.

wir hätten gehabt
we would have had

Wir hätten fast recht gehabt.

We would have almost been right.

ihr hättet gehabt
you (plural) would have had

Ihr hättet mit ihm mehr Glück gehabt.

You would have had more luck with him.

sie/Sie hätten gehabt
they/you (formal) would have had

Damals hätten sie kein Geld gehabt.

Back then they would have had no money.

Imperativ

Imperativ

Imperative

du hab! / habe!
have! (singular informal)

Hab keine Angst!

Don't be afraid!

ihr habt!
have! (plural informal)

Habt bitte etwas Geduld!

Please have some patience!

Sie haben Sie!
have! (formal)

Haben Sie einen schönen Tag!

Have a nice day!

wir haben wir!
let us have!

Haben wir Mut und fangen wir an!

Let's have courage and begin!

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