How to Conjugate the German Verb "Haben"

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Updated on February 14, 2020

The German verb haben conjugated in all its tenses and moods.

Present Tense - Präsens

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich habe	I have
du hast	you have
er hat sie hat es hat	he has she has it has
wir haben	we have
ihr habt	you (guys) have
sie haben	they have
Sie haben	you have

Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich hatte	I had
du hattest	you had
er hatte sie hatte es hatte	he had she had it had
wir hatten	we had
ihr hattet	you (guys) had
sie hatten	they had
Sie hatten	you had

Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) - Perfekt

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich habe gehabt	I had/have had
du hast gehabt	you (fam.) had have had
er hat gehabt sie hat gehabt es hat gehabt	he had/has had she had/has had it had/has had
wir haben gehabt	we had/have had
ihr habt gehabt	you (guys) had have had
sie haben gehabt	they had/have had
Sie haben gehabt	you had/have had

Past Perfect - Plusquamperfekt

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich hatte gehabt	I had had
du hattest gehabt	you (fam.) had had
er hatte gehabt sie hatte gehabt es hatte gehabt	he had had she had had it had had
wir hatten gehabt	we had had
ihr hattet gehabt	you (guys) had had
sie hatten gehabt	they had had
Sie hatten gehabt	you had had

Future Tense | Futur

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich werde haben	I will have
du wirst haben	you (fam.) will have
er wird haben sie wird haben es wird haben	he will have she will have it will have
wir werden haben	we will have
ihr werdet haben	you (guys) will have
sie werden haben	they will have
Sie werden haben	you will have

Future Perfect | Futur II

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich werde gehabt haben	I will have had
du wirst gehabt haben	you (fam.) will have had
er wird gehabt haben sie wird gehabt haben es wird gehabt haben	he will have had she will have had it will have had
wir werden gehabt haben	we will have had
ihr werdet gehabt haben	you (guys) will have had
sie werden gehabt haben	they will have had
Sie werden gehabt haben	you will have had

Commands - Imperativ

There are three command (imperative) forms, one for each "you" word. In addition, the "let's" form is used with

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
(du) hab!	have!
(ihr) habt!	have
haben Sie!	have!
haben wir	let's have

Subjunctive I - Konjunktiv I

The subjunctive is a mood, not a tense. The Subjunctive I (Konjunktiv I) is based on the infinitive form of the verb. It is most often used to express indirect quotation (indirekte Rede).

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich habe (hätte)*	I have
du habest	you have
er habe sie habe es habe	he has she has it has
wir haben (hätten)*	we have
ihr habet	you (guys) have
sie haben (hätten)*	they have
Sie haben (hätten)*	you have

*NOTE: Because the Subjunctive I (Konjunktiv I) of "haben" and some other verbs is sometimes identical to the indicative (normal) form, the Subjunctive II is sometimes substituted, as in the items marked.

Subjunctive II - Konjunktiv II

The Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) expresses wishful thinking, contrary-to-reality situations and is used to express politeness. The Subjunctive II is based on the simple past tense (Imperfekt).

DEUTSCH	ENGLISH
ich hätte	I would have
du hättest	you would have
er hätte sie hätte es hätte	he would have she would have it would have
wir hätten	we would have
ihr hättet	you (guys) would have
sie hätten	they would have
Sie hätten	you would have

Since the Subjunctive is a mood and not a tense, it can be used in various tenses. Below are several examples.

er habe gehabt	he is said to have had
ich hätte gehabt	I would have had
sie hätten gehabt	they would have had

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