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German verb · CEFR A1

haben

Meaning in English: to have

Rank 45 of 5,000verbLevel A111 forms in the list
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Example

Haben Sie heute Abend noch einen Tisch frei?

Do you still have a table free this evening?

Forms of haben in the top 5,000

German verbs change their ending with the person and tense, and each form is counted on its own. These forms of haben are also in the top 5,000:

hat#37
hasA1

Sie hat zwei Katzen und einen Hund.
She has two cats and a dog.

hatte#97
hadA2

Als Kind hatte ich einen Hund.
As a child I had a dog.

habe#101
have (I)A1

Ich habe morgen keine Zeit.
I don't have time tomorrow.

hatten#254
had (we/they)A2

Im Urlaub hatten wir tolles Wetter.
We had great weather on holiday.

hätten#448
would have (we/they)B1

Hätten Sie morgen Zeit für ein Gespräch?
Would you have time for a chat tomorrow?

hätte#523
would have, had (subjunctive)A2

Ich hätte gern einen Kaffee.
I'd like a coffee.

hast#1,097
have (you, informal)A1

Hast du heute Abend schon etwas vor?
Do you have plans for this evening?

gehabt#2,276
had (past participle)A1

Habt ihr einen schönen Urlaub gehabt?
Did you have a nice holiday?

habt#2,331
(you all) haveA1

Habt ihr schon gegessen?
Have you already eaten?

hab#4,233
have (I, colloquial)A1

Hab ich dir das nicht schon erzählt?
Didn't I already tell you that?

How common is haben?

haben is number 45 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 2,756 times per million words — about once every 360 words. Its most frequent form is hat (#37).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 36% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 41überover, above; about
  2. 42einema (dative, masc./neut.)
  3. 43erhe, it (masculine)
  4. 44vorin front of; before; ago
  5. 45habento have
  6. 46zurto the (zu + der)
  7. 47könnencan, to be able to
  8. 48soso, like this, such
  9. 49aberbut

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.