# haben
## German
### Alternative forms

* ham (in informal writing)
* han (archaic, dialectal)

### Etymology

From Middle High German haben, from Old High German habēn (akin to Old Saxon hebbian, Old Norse hafa (Swedish hava/ha), Old Frisian habba, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban), Old English habban), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”). Cognates include Bavarian håbn, Yiddish האָבן (hobn), Dutch hebben, English have, Danish have.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhaːbən/, [ˈhäːbən], [ˈhäːbn̩], [ˈhäːbm̩] (standard)
* IPA: /ham/ (common; particularly in the present tense, occasionally also in the infinitive)
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* Hyphenation: ha‧ben
* Rhymes: -aːbn̩

### Verb

haben (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hatte, past participle gehabt, past subjunctive hätte, auxiliary haben)
* (auxiliary) forms the perfect aspect (have) [with past participle]
    Das habe ich nicht gesagt. ― I haven't said that.
* (transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
* (transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
    Glaub und hab keine Angst.Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear.
* (transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
* (transitive) to get (to receive)
* (transitive) to have (to be scheduled to attend)
* (transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
* (transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal
    Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter.There are 100 centimetres in one metre.(literally, “One metre has 100 centimetres.”)
* (impersonal, regional, with es) there be, there is, there are
    Es hat zwei Bücher.There are two books.
* (reflexive, colloquial) to make a fuss
    Hab dich nicht so!Don't make such a fuss!
* (colloquial) to be occupied with, to like, to be into [with es and mit (+ dative) ‘something/someone’]
    Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden.I'm not a great fan of dogs.(literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)
* (regional, colloquial) to talk [with es, along with von (+ dative) or über (+ accusative) ‘about someone/something’]
    Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin.We've just been talking about you and your girlfriend.(literally, “We just had it about you and your girlfriend.”)
* to have to; must [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]
    Er hat sich zu benehmen.He has to behave himself.

#### Conjugation

Colloquially, hab (also written hab') is often used as the first person singular of the present indicative, instead of habe.

#### Derived terms

* anhaben
* aufhaben
* Habe
* Haben
* haben können
* Habgier
* habhaft
* häbig
* Habseligkeit
* Habsucht
* vorhaben

### Further reading

* “haben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “haben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “haben” in Duden online
* “haben” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Middle English
### Verb

haben
* Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, whence also Old Saxon hebbian, Old English habban, Old Norse hafa, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”), whence also Latin capiō.

### Verb

habēn
* to have

#### Derived terms

* anahabēn
* bihabēn
* firhabēn
* gihabēn
* inthabēn
* missihabēn
* umbihabēn
* widarhabēn
* ūfhabēn

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: hān, haben
** Alemannic German: haa, ha, heen, hoh, hä, häbä, hè
    Swabian: hau
** Bavarian: hoom, hobm, hobn, hom, ho, hob
    Cimbrian: haban, hen, håm
    Mòcheno: hom
    Northern Bavarian: [hɔm]
** Central Franconian: han, hann (most dialects)
*** Hunsrik: hon
*** Kölsch: han
*** Luxembourgish: hunn
** East Central German:
    Erzgebirgisch: hamm
    Upper Saxon German: ham, hom
    Vilamovian: hon
** East Franconian:
** German: haben
    Berlinerisch: ham
    Ruhrpöttisch: habn
** Rhine Franconian: hann, hawwe (Vorderpfälzisch), hunn (northern Palatine)
*** Frankfurterisch: [havə]; [hɑvə], [hɔvə] (older)
*** Palatine German: hann, hawwe, hunn
*** Pennsylvania German: hawwe
*** Upper Hessian: hu, hunn
** Yiddish: האָבן (hobn)