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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.



InfinitiveScored
habento have

PresentScored
ich habeI have
du hastyou have
er hathe has
sie hatshe has
wir habenwe have
ihr habtyou have
sie habenthey 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 hatteI had
du hattestyou had
er hattehe had
sie hatteshe had
wir hattenwe had
ihr hattetyou had
sie hattenthey had

Past / PerfektScored
ich habe gehabtI had
du hast gehabtyou had
er hat gehabthe had
es hat gehabtshe had
wir haben gehabtwe had
ihr habt gehabtyou had
sie haben gehabtthey had

Pluperfect / PlusquamperfektScored
ich hatte gehabtI had had
du hattest gehabtyou had had
er hatte gehabthe had had
es hatte gehabtshe had had
wir hatten gehabtwe had had
ihr hattet gehabtyou had had
sie hatten gehabtthey had had

FutureScored
ich werde habenI will have
du wirst habenyou will have
er wird habenhe will have
sie wird habenshe will have
wir werden habenwe will have
ihr werdet habenyou will have
sie werden habenthey 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.
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ich werde gehabt habenI will have had
du wirst gehabt habenyou will have had
er wird gehabt habenhe will have had
es wird gehabt habenshe will have had
wir werden gehabt habenwe will have had
ihr werdet gehabt habenyou will have had
sie werden gehabt habenthey will have had

ConditionalScored
ich würde habenI would have
du würdest habenyou would have
er würde habenhe would have
sie würde habenshe would have
wir würden habenwe would have
ihr würdet habenyou would have
sie würden habenthey 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.
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ich hätte gehabtI would have had
du hättest gehabtyou would have had
er hätte gehabthe would have had
es hätte gehabtshe would have had
wir hätten gehabtwe would have had
ihr hättet gehabtyou would have had
sie hätten gehabtthey would have had

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive IIScored
ich hätteI would have
du hättestyou would have
er hättehe would have
sie hätteshe would have
wir hättenwe would have
ihr hättetyou would have
sie hättenthey would have

ImperativeScored
hab Have
haben wirLet's have
habt Have

Present ParticipleScored
habend having

Past ParticipleScored
gehabt had


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