# haver
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots haiver.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈheɪvə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Scotland) IPA: /ˈheːvəɹ/
* Hyphenation: ha‧ver
* Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

#### Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)
* (British) To hem and haw.
** 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, 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.
* (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.
    Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder
** 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XIV, in Shrewsbury:To business, and no more havers.
** 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 Wendy Lesser, editor, The Genius of Language, 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”) and German Hafer (“oat”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈheɪvə/
* (Scotland) IPA: /ˈheːvəɹ/
* (Cumbria, Yorkshire) IPA: /ˈavə/1994, Clive Upton, David Parry, J.D.A. Widdowson, 'Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar., London: Routledge, page 196:
* Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

#### Noun

haver (plural havers)
* (UK, Scotland, dialect) Oats (the cereal).

##### Derived terms

* haver bread
* haver-grass

##### Related terms

* haversack

### Etymology 3

From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have +‎ -er.

#### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈhævɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhævə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

haver (plural havers)
* One who has something (in various senses).
** c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]: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.
** 2012, Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite, page 186:Because abortion would no longer be an issue (except, again, in the case of criminal sex-havers), Democrats and republicans would stop fighting […]
** 2018 July 23, Katy Waldman, “A Sociologist Examines the "White Fragility" That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism”, in New Yorker‎:Yet, DiAngelo writes, white people cling to the notion of racial innocence, a form of weaponized denial that positions black people as the "havers" of race and the guardians of racial knowledge.
** 2022 December 2, Tessa Flores, “What Our Shopping Editors Are Buying From Sephora's Holiday Sale”, in Huffington Post‎:As a haver of eczema and chronically parched skin, I know I can always return to this nourishing formula that uses soothing colloidal oatmeal and allantoin as well as shea butter which works to protect the skin barrier.
* (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.

##### Synonyms

* holder
* possessor

##### Derived terms

* sex-haver

### Etymology 4

From Hebrew חבר.

#### Noun

haver (plural haverim)
* Alternative form of chaver

### Anagrams

* Havre

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* heure
* haure (Western)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əˈβɛ]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əˈvə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aˈveɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

haver (first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (as auxiliary) haver (first-person singular present hec or hac, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (as full verb)
* (auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form compound tenses or perfect tenses, together with a past participle
    ho he fet joI have done it
* (archaic) to have, to posess
** 1399, Bernat Metge, Lo Somni:Pots haver clara conexença de què és purgatori.You can have clear understanding of what Purgatorium is.

#### Derived terms

* haver-hi
* haver de
* havedor
* temps ha

### Noun

haver m (plural havers)
* a possession
* 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, 2025
* “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.

## Danish
### Noun

haver c
* indefinite plural of have

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦaː.vər/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːvər

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)
* any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
* (particularly) Avena sativa, the cereal oat

##### Derived terms

* haverachtig
* haverangel
* haverbezie
* haverbier
* haverbrand
* haverbreker
* haverbrij
* haverbrood
* havercappu, havercappuccino
* haverdop
* haverdorser
* haverdrank
* haveren
* havergeel
* havergort
* haverkaf
* haverkast
* haverkist
* haverklap
* haverkneu
* haverkneuzer
* haverkoper
* haverkoren
* haverkorrel
* haverkorst
* havermaand
* havermaat
* havermeel
* havermelk
* havermijt
* havermout
* havermuis
* haveroogst
* haverpap
* haverslag
* haverstoppel
* haverstraat
* haverstro
* havertas
* havertor
* havertrips
* haverveld
* haverzaaier
* haverzak
* smelehaver
* stokhaver, stokmanshaver
* studentenhaver
* van haver tot gort kennen
* baardhaver
* bastaardhaver
* beemdhaver
* brouwhaver
* glanshaver
* goudhaver
* haverdistel
* havergras
* haverrijst
* haverslee
* haverwortel
* mussenbekhaver
* poeshaver
* presidentshaver
* troshaver
* vloghaver
* voerhaver
* vroege haver
* wilde haver
* zaadhaver
* zachte haver
* zandhaver
* zilverhaver

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: hawer
* Jersey Dutch: hâver
* →⇒ English: haversack
* → Papiamentu: haver
* → West Frisian: haver (dialectal)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

haver
* inflection of haveren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Galician
### Verb

haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houvem or houve, past participle havido, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of haber

#### Conjugation

$^1$Also impersonal. $^2$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* reaver

### References

* “haver” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɒvɛr]
* Hyphenation: ha‧ver
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Noun

haver (plural haverok)
* (slang) pal, buddy, dude
    Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás
* (derogatory) accomplice (partner in crime)
    Synonyms: cinkostárs, bűntárs

#### Derived terms

* haveri
* haverkodik
* haverság

### References

* ↑ haver in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

### Further reading

* haver in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* haver in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Italian
### Verb

haver (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of havere
** 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio [Introduction]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page xviii:Humana coſa è haver compaſſione de gli afflittiIt is human to have compassion for the troubled

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Hebrew חבר (khavér).

### Noun

haver m (Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר, plural haverim)
* partner, comrade, associate

### Further reading

* Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥaƀer”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
* Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “javér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 253
* Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “haver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 193

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Galicia) IPA: /aˈβeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /aˈβeɾ/, /aˈveɾ/

### Verb

haver
* Alternative spelling of aver

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* aver (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”). Compare Galician haber. Cognate of Spanish haber, French avoir, and Italian avere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈve(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈve(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈveɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈveɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈbeɾ/ [ɐˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈve.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /a.ˈve(h)/
* Homophone: a ver
* Hyphenation: ha‧ver

### Verb

haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houve, past participle havido)
* (auxiliary, formal, archaic in the present indicative tense) have; forms the perfect aspect [with masculine singular past participle]
    Synonym: ter
    Eu já havia entrado quando chegaste.I had already gotten in when you arrived.
    Hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias.I have been studying much, in these last days.
* (auxiliary, with de + infinitive) See haver de.
* (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist
    Synonym: (Brazil, Angola) ter
    Há um banco aqui perto.There is a bank nearby.
* (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur
    Houve um acidente na alameda.There was an accident in the avenue.
* (archaic, transitive) to have; to own; to possess
    Hei duas espadas.I have two swords.
* (Brazil, transitive) to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)
    Synonym: reaver
    Preciso de haver meu dinheiro.I need to recover my money.
* (pronominal) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
* (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 ~ I finished college one month ago.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

#### Synonyms

* (shall): ir
* (form the perfect tense): ter
* (to exist): existir, ter (Brazil)
* (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

* (antonym(s) of “to exist”): inexistir

#### Derived terms

* bem haja
* há tempos
* haja o que houver
* haja vista
* haver como
* haver muito
* mal haja
* não há de quê

### Noun

haver m (plural haveres)
* credit
* (in the plural) belongings
* (in the plural) assets

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”).

### Verb

haver
* (Sursilvan) to have

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | haver | haver | haver | haver |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | havend | havend | havend | havend |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | giu | giu | giu | giu |
| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 | — |
| imperative | | hagies | | | haveies, veies | |

## 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)
* oats

##### Derived terms

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

##### Descendants

* → English: haver

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past havert, past participle havert)
* Alternative form of haiver

## Swedish
### Verb

haver
* has, have; present indicative of hava, an older form of har

### Anagrams

* havre