haver

See also: Haver and häver

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots haiver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)

1. (British) To hem and haw
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 154

     This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.

2. (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.

   Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder

   • 1988, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

     And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.

   • 2004 James Campbell, "Boswell and Mrs. Miller", in The Genius of Language (ed. Wendy Lesser), page 194

     She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”), cognate with German Hafer (“oat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

haver (plural havers)

1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) oats (the cereal).

Etymology 3

(deprecated template usage)

have +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhævɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhævə/

Noun

haver (plural havers)

1. One who has something; a possessor.
   • 1608, Shakespeare, Coriolanus (Act II, Scene 2)

     It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.

2. (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.

Synonyms

• holder
• possessor

Anagrams

• Havre

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• heure
• haure (Western Catalan)

Etymology

From , haver, from Latin habeō (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Verb

1. auxiliary verb for compound tenses

   he fet

   I have done

Derived terms

• haver-hi
• haver de
• havedor
• temps ha

Noun

haver m (plural havers)

1. a possession
2. a credit

Further reading

• “haver” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “haver”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “haver” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “haver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Danish

Noun

haver c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of have

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.vər/

• audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːvər

Noun

haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)

1. any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
2. in particular, Avena sativa, the cereal oats, notably fed to horses

Derived terms

Derived terms

• haveren (verb)
• haveren (adjective)
• haverachtig
• haverangel
• haverbezie
• haverbier n
• haverbreker m
• haverbrij
• haverbrood n
• haverdistel
• haverdop
• haverdorser m
• haverdrank
• havergeel n & adjective
• havergever m
• havergort n
• havergras n
• haverhard
• haverkaf n
• haverkast
• haverkist
• haverklap
• haverkneu
• haverkneuzer m
• haverkoper m
• haverkoren n
• haverkorrel m
• haverkorst
• havermaand

• havermaat
• havermeel n
• havermout
• havermeel n
• havermuis
• haveroogst
• haverpap
• haverpijp
• haverrijst
• haverslag
• haverstoppel
• haverstraat
• haverstro
• havertas
• havertor
• haverveld n
• haverwortel m
• haverzaaier m
• haverzak
• haverzant
• (by oats species or cultivars and/or by use) bastaardhaver m, mussenbekhaver m, poeshaver m, presidentshaver m, troshaver m, vloghaver m, voerhaver m, zaadhaver m, zandhaver m
• (resembling plant species) haverrijst, haverslee
• brouwhaver
• janhaver m
• stokhaver m, stokmanshaver m
• studentenhaver m
• vuisthaver m

Descendants

• English: haversack

Verb

haver

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of haveren
2. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of haveren

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver), from Hebrew חבר (khaver, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒvɛr]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver

Noun

haver (plural haverok)

1. (slang) pal, buddy, dude

   Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	haver	haverok
accusative	havert	haverokat
dative	havernak	haveroknak
instrumental	haverral	haverokkal
causal-final	haverért	haverokért
translative	haverrá	haverokká
terminative	haverig	haverokig
essive-formal	haverként	haverokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	haverban	haverokban
superessive	haveron	haverokon
adessive	havernál	haveroknál
illative	haverba	haverokba
sublative	haverra	haverokra
allative	haverhoz	haverokhoz
elative	haverból	haverokból
delative	haverról	haverokról
ablative	havertól	haveroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	haveré	haveroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	haveréi	haverokéi

Possessive forms of haver
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	haverom	haverjaim
2nd person sing.	haverod	haverjaid
3rd person sing.	haverja	haverjai
1st person plural	haverunk	haverjaink
2nd person plural	haverotok	haverjaitok
3rd person plural	haverjuk	haverjaik

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Interlingue

Verb

1. to have, to possess

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haver

infinitive	haver
participle	present	perfect
	havent	havet
present	simple	perfect
	have	ha havet
past	havet	hat havet
future	va haver	va har havet
conditional	vell haver	vell har havet
subjunctive	haveye	haye havet
imperative	have

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Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew חבר.

Noun

1. partner, comrade, associate

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aver (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habeō (“to have, to hold, to possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈveɾ/
• IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɾ)/, /aˈve(χ)/
  • IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɹ)/, /aˈve(ɾ)/
  • IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɻ)/, /aˈve(ɾ)/
  • IPA^(key): /aˈve(h)/

Verb

2. Template:indtr shall; ought to; should (forms a future tense, with a modal sense of compromise)

   Amanhã, hei de ver o filme.

   Tomorrow, I ought to watch the movie.

4. (auxiliary with a verb in the masculine singular past participle) have (forms the perfect aspect)
   2. (in the past tense) forms the past perfect

      Eu já havia entrado quando chegaste.

      I had already gotten in when you arrived.

   4. (in the present tense, archaic) forms the present perfect

      Eu hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias.

      I have been studying much, in these last days.

6. (formal, impersonal, transitive) there be; exist

   Há um banco aqui perto.

   There is a bank nearby.

8. (formal, impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur

   Houve um acidente na alameda.

   There was an accident in the avenue.

10. (archaic, transitive) to have; to own; to possess

    Hei duas espadas.

    I have two swords.

12. to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)

    Preciso de haver meu dinheiro.

    I need to recover my money.

14. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
16. (impersonal, transitive) it has been ... since; ago (indicates the time since something occurred)

    Terminei a faculdade há um mês.

    It has been one month since I’ve finished college.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

Synonyms

• (shall): ir
• (form the perfect tense): ter (more informal)
• (to exist): existir, ter
• (to happen): acontecer, ocorrer, produzir-se, realizar-se, sobrevir suceder
• (to own): deter, possuir, ter
• (to regain): reaver, recuperar
• (it has been ... since): fazer

Antonyms

• (to exist): inexistir

Derived terms

• bem haja
• há tempos
• haja o que houver
• haja vista
• haver muito

• haver como
• mal haja
• não há de quê

Noun

haver m (plural es)

1. outstanding debt

Synonyms

• dívida

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• avair (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
• adaver, aver, ver (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“have, hold, possess”).

Verb

haver

1. (Sursilvan) to have

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haver (Sursilvan)

infinitive			haver
gerund			havend
past participle			giu
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	hai, vai	has	ha	havein, vein	haveis, veis	han
imperfect	havavel, vevel	havavas, vevas	havava, veva	havavan, vevan	havavas, vevas	havavan, vevan
future	vegnel a haver	vegns a haver	vegn a haver	vegnin a haver	vegnis a haver	vegnan a haver
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
direct present	havess, vess	havesses, vesses	havess, vess	havessen, vessen	havesses, vesses	havessen, vessen
indirect present	havessi, vessi	havessies, vessies	havessi, vessi	havessien, vessien	havessies, vessies	havessien, vessien
direct future	vegness a haver	vegnesses a haver	vegness a haver	vegnessen a haver	vegnesses a haver	vegnessen a haver
indirect future	vegnessi a haver	vegnessies a haver	vegnessi a haver	vegnessien a haver	vegnessies a haver	vegnessien a haver
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	hagi	hagies	hagi	haveien	haveies	hagien
past	havevi, vevi	havevies, vevies	havevi, vevi	havevien, vevien	havevies, vevies	havevien, vevien
future	vegni a haver	vegnies a haver	vegni a haver	vegnîen a haver	vegnîes a haver	vegnien a haver
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
		hagies			haveies, veies

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Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).

Noun

haver (uncountable)

1. oats

Derived terms

• havermeal (“oatmeal, half-ground meal”)
• haverpoke (“horse's nosebag”)

Etymology 2

Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past havert, past participle havert)

1. Alternative form of haiver

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Swedish

Verb

haver

1. has, have; (deprecated template usage) present tense of hava., an older form of har

Anagrams

• havre