haben

Meaning

(auxiliary,irregular) forms the perfect aspect (have)
(irregular,transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
(irregular,transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
(irregular,transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
(irregular,transitive) to get (to receive)
(irregular,transitive) to have (to be scheduled to attend)
(irregular,transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
(irregular,transitive) to contain, be composed of, equal
(impersonal,irregular,regional) there be, there is, there are
(colloquial,irregular,reflexive) to make a fuss
(colloquial,irregular) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
(colloquial,irregular,regional) to talk
(irregular) to have to; must

have

to feel

have for

have got to

nach sich ziehen

wir haben

mitzählen

Pech haben

rechnen mit

verfügen über

vorhanden sein

begabt sein mit

sein Eigen nennen

Frequency

Zürich

Bern

Aargau

St. Gallen

Zürich

haa

Lucerne

Graubünden

Solothurn

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Landschaft

Zug

haa

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Basel-Landschaft

haa

Basel-Stadt

haa

St. Gallen

haa

Thurgau

Zug

Bern

haa

Schwyz

Obwalden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

haa

Valais

hä

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Fribourg

St. Gallen

chend

Schaffhausen

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

ha‧ben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaːbən/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with Old Norse

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Old Frisian

Cognate with Gothic

Cognate with Old English

Cognate with Bavarian

Cognate with Yiddish

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with English

Cognate with Danish

In summary

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.

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