hawwe

Pennsylvania German

Verb

hawwe

1. to have

Usage notes

• Also used as the primary auxiliary verb to form the past tense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hawwe

infinitive	hawwe
past participle	hot ghatt
future tense	waerd hawwe
subjunctive	hedde
	present tense
1st person singular	hab
2nd person singular	hoscht
3rd person singular	hot
1st person  plural	hen
2nd person plural	hett
3rd person plural	hen
imperative

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hebba, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhavə/

Verb

hawwe

1. to have (possess, own)
2. to have (auxiliary verb)

Inflection

Conjugation of hawwe

Infinitive: hawwe
	Present tense				Past tense
person	singular		plural		singular		plural
1st	ik	ha	wy	hawwe	ik	hie	wy	hienen
2nd	do/dû	hast	jimme	hawwe	do/dû	hiest	jimme	hienen
3rd	hy/sy	hat	hja	hawwe	hy/sy	hie	hja	hienen
	Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
	hawwend (hawwende)		haw		hawwe		hân

• (variant past-tense plural) hiene

Alternative forms

• habbe
• ha
• harre
• hebbe
• hewwe

Further reading

• “hawwe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011