{"id":2639,"date":"2018-11-05T15:10:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2018-12-20T21:42:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:42:56","slug":"german-verb-haben-conjugation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/german-verb-haben-conjugation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete Guide to the Conjugation of the German Verb \u201cHaben\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Whether you want to tell people about your family constellation or how many pets you own, you most likely won\u2019t be able to accomplish that without using the German verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d (to have<\/em>). But apart from these situations, the word \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d is used for so much more: it additionally serves as a \u201chelper verb\u201d for conjugations of other verbs in certain tenses, such as \u201cIch habe gesehen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u201d (\u201cI have seen<\/em>\u201d).<\/p>\n

This blog post will give you a complete insight into the conjugation of the German verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d\u2014 let\u2019s have a look!<\/p>\n

The Conjugation of the Verb \u201cHaben\u201d \u2013 Present Tense (Pr\u00e4senz<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
ich habe<\/strong><\/td>\nI have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du hast<\/strong><\/td>\nyou have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es hat<\/strong><\/td>\nhe\/she\/it has<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Plural<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
wir haben<\/strong><\/td>\nwe have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr habt<\/strong><\/td>\nyou have
\n(as in: you guys have)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie haben<\/strong><\/td>\nthey have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Es hat<\/strong> so stark geregnet, dass die Stra\u00dfe \u00fcberflutete. \u2014 It rained so hard that the road got flooded<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ich habe<\/strong> drei Katzen und einen Hund. \u2014 I have three cats and a dog<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wir haben<\/strong> uns auf dem R\u00fcckweg verfahren. \u2014 We got lost on our drive back<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sie hat<\/strong> drei \u00e4ltere Br\u00fcder. \u2014 She has three older brothers. <\/em><\/p>\n

The Conjugation of the Verb \u201cHaben\u201d \u2013 Simple Past Tense (Imperfekt<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
ich hatte<\/strong><\/td>\nI had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du hattest<\/strong><\/td>\nyou had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es hatte<\/strong><\/td>\nhe\/she\/it had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Plural<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
wir hatten<\/strong><\/td>\nwe had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr hattet<\/strong><\/td>\nyou had
\n(as in: you guys had)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie hatten<\/strong><\/td>\nthey had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Wir hatten<\/strong> riesiges Gl\u00fcck, dass wir unseren Flug nicht verpasst haben. \u2014 We had been really lucky not to have missed our flight<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ich hatte<\/strong> sie am Freitag gesehen. \u2014 I had seen her on Friday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hattest du<\/strong> den Film nicht schon gesehen? \u2014 Hadn\u2019t you already seen the movie?<\/em><\/p>\n

Sie hatten<\/strong> sich f\u00fcr f\u00fcnf Uhr am Nachmittag verabredet. \u2014 They had agreed to meet up at five o\u2019clock in the afternoon<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Conjugation of the Verb \u201cHaben\u201d \u2013 Present Perfect Tense (Perfekt<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

The present perfect (Perfekt<\/em>) or compound perfect tense combines two \u201cversions\u201d of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d. First, the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d is conjugated in the present tense (ich habe, du hast, er\/sie\/es hat<\/em>, etc.), followed by \u201cgehabt<\/strong>\u201d \u2013\u00a0the \u201cbasic\u201d third-person form of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d with the added prefix \u201cge<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

This \u201cdoubling\u201d of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d can be a bit tricky at first, but from the table below you can see it is actually not that difficult.<\/p>\n

Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
ich habe gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nI had\/have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du hast gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nyou had\/have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es hat gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nhe, she, it had\/has had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Plural<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
wir haben gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nwe had\/have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr habt gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nyou had\/have had
\n(as in: you guys had\/have had)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie haben gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nthey had\/have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Sie haben<\/strong> gro\u00dfes Gl\u00fcck gehabt<\/strong>. \u2014 They had been very lucky<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ich habe<\/strong> gerade eben einen Unfall gehabt<\/strong>. \u2014 I have just had an accident<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Er hat<\/strong> als Kind einen Hund gehabt<\/strong>. \u2014 As a child, he has had a dog<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sie hat<\/strong> bis Freitag Urlaub gehabt<\/strong>. \u2014 She has had time off work until Friday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Just like with other verbs, the present perfect tense of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d is not used very often in spoken language, since a lot of people replace it with the past perfect tense (Plusquamperfekt<\/em>) instead.<\/p>\n

The Conjugation of the Verb \u201cHaben\u201d \u2013 Past Perfect Tense (Plusquamperfekt<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

Just like with the present perfect tense, the past perfect tense conjugation is constructed out of two components of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d. In this case, it is the simple past tense of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d (such as\u00a0hatte)<\/em>\u00a0followed by the third-person form of \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d with an added prefix: gehabt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
ich hatte gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nI had had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du hattest gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nyou had had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es hatte gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nhe\/she\/it had had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Plural<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
wir hatten gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nwe had had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr hattet gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nyou had had
\n(as in: you guys had had)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie hatten gehabt<\/strong><\/td>\nthey had had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Ihr hattet<\/strong> Gl\u00fcck gehabt<\/strong>, dass euch nichts passiert ist! \u2014 You guys had had such luck that nothing happened to you!<\/em><\/p>\n

Wir hatten<\/strong> uns f\u00fcr Mittwoch verabredet gehabt<\/strong>, aber er ist nicht aufgetaucht. \u2014 We had agreed to meet on Wednesday, but he didn\u2019t show up<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sie hatten<\/strong> eine Reise nach Frankreich geplant gehabt<\/strong>. \u2014 They had planned a vacation in France<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ich hatte<\/strong> noch eine Karte f\u00fcr das Konzert \u00fcbrig gehabt<\/strong>. \u2014 I had had a leftover ticket for the concert<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Conjugation of the Verb \u201cHaben\u201d \u2013 Future Tense (Futur<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

In the future tense conjugation of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d, just as with any other verb in the future tense, the helper verb \u201cwerden<\/strong>\u201d (to become<\/em>) is used together with the infinitive form of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
ich werde<\/strong> haben<\/strong><\/td>\nI will have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du wirst haben<\/strong><\/td>\nyou will have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es wird haben<\/strong><\/td>\nhe\/she\/it will have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Plural<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
wir werden haben<\/td>\nwe will have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr werdet haben<\/td>\nyou will have
\n(as in: you guys will have)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie werden haben<\/td>\nthey will have<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Mein Gehalt kommt am Freitag, dann werde ich<\/strong> wieder mehr Geld haben<\/strong>. \u2014 I\u2019m getting paid on Friday, then I will have more money again<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sie wird<\/strong> am Montag Urlaub haben<\/strong>. \u2014 She will have time off on Monday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wir werden<\/strong> in einer halben Stunde Zeit haben<\/strong>, das zu besprechen. \u2014 We will have time to talk about that in half an hour<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ihr werdet<\/strong> noch ein Weilchen Zeit haben<\/strong>, bis ihr zum Flughafen fahren m\u00fcsst. \u2014 You guys will have a little time before you have to drive to the airport<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Conjugation of the Verb \u201cHaben\u201d \u2013 Future Perfect (Futur II<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

Just like with other verbs in the future perfect (or Futur II<\/em>), this tense is used to describe events that will take place in the future, but will have already been finalized at the point when you are talking about them.<\/p>\n

For the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d this means that the helper verb \u201cwerden\u201d (to become<\/em>) is used here as well, along with two forms of the actual verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d: one comes with the prefix ge<\/strong>\u2014, the other one is the actual verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

This \u201cdoubling\u201d of the verb \u201chaben\u201d in different forms might sound confusing at first, but with this table below conjugating the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d in the future perfect tense, it will all be a breeze!<\/p>\n

Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
ich werde gehabt haben<\/strong><\/td>\nI will have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du wirst gehabt haben<\/strong><\/td>\nyou will have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er\/sie\/es wird gehabt haben<\/strong><\/td>\nhe\/she\/it will have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Plural<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
wir werden gehabt haben<\/strong><\/td>\nwe will have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr werdet gehabt haben<\/strong><\/td>\nyou will have had
\n(as in: you guys will have had)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie werden gehabt haben<\/strong><\/td>\nthey will have had<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Sie werden<\/strong> mit dieser Idee sicherlich kein Gl\u00fcck gehabt haben<\/strong>. \u2014 They certainly won\u2019t have had any luck with this idea<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Du wirst<\/strong> bestimmt eine Menge Spa\u00df gehabt haben<\/strong>. \u2014 You surely will have had a lot of fun<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ich werde<\/strong> bis dahin schon Urlaub gehabt haben<\/strong>. \u2014 I will have already had (or taken) my vacation by that point<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Here, it is important to note that the Futur II (<\/em>or future perfect tense) is rarely used since its composition is rather intricate (the conjugated verb also tends to become extremely long).<\/p>\n

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I hope I was able to give you a good overview of the conjugation of the verb \u201chaben<\/strong>\u201d! While conjugating German verbs can be a bit tedious on occasion, I\u2019m sure you will have this one down in no time.<\/p>\n

Until next time and viel Erfolg<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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