anhaben
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle High Germananehaben,anhaben,fromOld High Germananahabēn,fromProto-West Germanic*anahabbjan,fromProto-Germanic*anahabjaną.Equivalent toan-+haben.CompareDutchaanhebben,Englishhave on,Gothic𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽(anahaban).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]anhaben(irregular,third-person singular presenthat an,past tensehatte an,past participleangehabt,past subjunctivehätte an,auxiliaryhaben)
- (transitive)towear;tohave on(a piece of clothing)see usage notes
- Erhatkeine Sandalenan.
- He doesn’thavesandalson.
- Erhatfast nie Sandalenan.
- He almost neverwearssandals.
- (transitive,slightlyinformal)to haveturned on;tohave on(an electronic device)
- Ichhattedas Radioan.
- Ihadthe radioon.
- (ditransitive,infinitive only,construed withindefinite pronoun)toharm,tohurt
- Der Hund kann dir nichtsanhaben.
- The dog can’tharmyou.
- Meinst du, er will mir wasanhaben?
- Do you think he wants toharmme?
Usage notes
[edit]- As with English “have on”, Germananhabenis understood as progressive ( “to be wearing” ), unless some adverb suggests otherwise. This is distinct fromtragen.Hence,Er trägt keine Sandalencould also be a general statement ( “He doesn’t wear sandals.” ).
- With headgear,aufhabenis preferred instead (thoughanhabenis not impossible either).
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | anhaben | ||||
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present participle | anhabend | ||||
past participle | angehabt | ||||
zu-infinitive | anzuhaben | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ichhabe an | wirhaben an | i | ichhabe an | wirhaben an |
duhast an | ihrhabt an | duhabest an | ihrhabet an | ||
erhat an | siehaben an | erhabe an | siehaben an | ||
preterite | ichhatte an | wirhatten an | ii | ichhätte an | wirhätten an |
duhattest an | ihrhattet an | duhättest an | ihrhättet an | ||
erhatte an | siehatten an | erhätte an | siehätten an | ||
imperative | hab an(du) habe an(du) |
habt an(ihr) |
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
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present | dassichanhabe | dasswiranhaben | i | dassichanhabe | dasswiranhaben |
dassduanhast | dassihranhabt | dassduanhabest | dassihranhabet | ||
dasseranhat | dasssieanhaben | dasseranhabe | dasssieanhaben | ||
preterite | dassichanhatte | dasswiranhatten | ii | dassichanhätte1 | dasswiranhätten1 |
dassduanhattest | dassihranhattet | dassduanhättest1 | dassihranhättet1 | ||
dasseranhatte | dasssieanhatten | dasseranhätte1 | dasssieanhätten1 |
1Preferred; avoid the alternative inwürde.
Derived terms
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