haben

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Contents 1 German 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Conjugation 2 Old High German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Old High German habēn < Proto-Germanic *khaf- < Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“‘to grasp’”). Akin to Old Saxon hebbjan, Old Norse hafa (Swedish hava/ha), Old Frisian habba, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban). Cognate with English have.

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• IPA: /ˈhaːbm̩/, /ˈhaːbən/
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[edit] Verb

haben (irregular, third-person singular simple present hat, past tense hatte, auxiliary haben, past participle gehabt)

1. (transitive) To have; to possess; to own.
2. (transitive) To have; to hold; to contain.
3. (auxiliary, with a past participle) To have; forms the perfect and past perfect tense

[edit] Derived terms

• Habe
• Habsucht
• Haben
• Habgier
• Habseligkeit
• habhaft

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *habhen, whence also Old English habban, Old Norse hafa. It is related to Latin capiō.

[edit] Verb

habēn

1. to have