hätte

Meaning

first/third-person singular subjunctive II of haben

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛtə/

New

haben

(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

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Klar , das hätte man
1️⃣

auch anders lösen können .

Sure, you could have solved that differently.

Jetzt , wo ich meine Note weiß

, hätte ich noch eine Frage
❓

.

Now that I know my grade, I have one more question.

Jeder verantwortungsbewusste Mensch hätte so gehandelt .

Any responsible person would have acted in this way.

Es ist wissenschaftlich nicht
🚫

belegt , dass Trennkost irgendeinen Effekt hätte .

It has not been scientifically proven that separating food would have any effect.

Ein
1

tiefer Graben und Stacheldrahtzaun – hätte nicht
🚫

eines von beidem gereicht ?

A deep trench and barbed wire fence – wouldn't one of them have been enough?

Nicht
🚫

auszudenken , was sich im Gehege der Orang-Utans zugetragen hätte !

Can't imagine what would have happened in the orangutan enclosure!

Stuttgart

hätte kein
🙅

Feinstaubproblem mehr , wenn man
1️⃣

sofort alle Baustellen stoppt .

Stuttgart would no longer have a particulate matter problem if all construction sites were stopped immediately.

Bei dieser ersten Austragung hätte die britische Equipe die Mannschaftswertung vor Rumänien

gewonnen .

At this first edition, the British team would have won the team classification ahead of Romania.

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