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Conjugation of the German verb haben

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb haben, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
haben	to have

Present		Scored
ich habe	I have
du hast	you have
er hat	he has
sie hat	she has
wir haben	we have
ihr habt	you have
sie haben	they have

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich hatte	I had
du hattest	you had
er hatte	he had
sie hatte	she had
wir hatten	we had
ihr hattet	you had
sie hatten	they had

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe gehabt	I had
du hast gehabt	you had
er hat gehabt	he had
es hat gehabt	she had
wir haben gehabt	we had
ihr habt gehabt	you had
sie haben gehabt	they had

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte gehabt	I had had
du hattest gehabt	you had had
er hatte gehabt	he had had
es hatte gehabt	she had had
wir hatten gehabt	we had had
ihr hattet gehabt	you had had
sie hatten gehabt	they had had

Future		Scored
ich werde haben	I will have
du wirst haben	you will have
er wird haben	he will have
sie wird haben	she will have
wir werden haben	we will have
ihr werdet haben	you will have
sie werden haben	they will have

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde gehabt haben	I will have had
du wirst gehabt haben	you will have had
er wird gehabt haben	he will have had
es wird gehabt haben	she will have had
wir werden gehabt haben	we will have had
ihr werdet gehabt haben	you will have had
sie werden gehabt haben	they will have had

Conditional		Scored
ich würde haben	I would have
du würdest haben	you would have
er würde haben	he would have
sie würde haben	she would have
wir würden haben	we would have
ihr würdet haben	you would have
sie würden haben	they would have

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte gehabt	I would have had
du hättest gehabt	you would have had
er hätte gehabt	he would have had
es hätte gehabt	she would have had
wir hätten gehabt	we would have had
ihr hättet gehabt	you would have had
sie hätten gehabt	they would have had

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich hätte	I would have
du hättest	you would have
er hätte	he would have
sie hätte	she would have
wir hätten	we would have
ihr hättet	you would have
sie hätten	they would have

Imperative		Scored
hab	Have
haben wir	Let's have
habt	Have

Present Participle		Scored
habend	having

Past Participle		Scored
gehabt	had

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