Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #41
Word (Wort)

haben

Translation (Übersetzung) to have
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /ˈhaːbən/
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Verbs
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Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common verb irregular auxiliary possession
Irregular verb meaning 'to have'. Essential verb for possession and perfect tense. Forty-first most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich habe ein Auto.
I have a car.
possession
Wir haben Zeit.
We have time.
possession
Ich habe das Buch gelesen.
I have read the book.
perfect tense auxiliary
Haben Sie Hunger?
Are you hungry?
question

Conjugations (Konjugationen)

Present Tense (Präsens)

ich habe
du hast
er/sie/es hat
wir haben
ihr habt
sie/Sie haben

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
haben + Zeit
to have time
High frequency
haben + Lust
to feel like, to want to
High frequency
haben + Recht
to be right
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
es hat keinen Sinn
it makes no sense
Something is pointless or useless
haben Sie...
do you have...
Common question in shops and restaurants
Synonyms (Synonyme)
besitzen High similarity
To possess, to own (more formal)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
nicht haben
Not to have (negation)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

besitzen hat hast habe Verb

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