håbn

• håbm, hobm
• ham, hom (phonetic spelling)

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 Yiddish האָבן (hobn), German haben, Dutch hebben, English have, Danish have.

• IPA^(key): /hɒːm/

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håbn (past participle ghåbt)

1. (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the past perfect tense)

   Des håb i ned gsågt. ― I haven't said that.

2. (transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)

   Mia håbn zwoa Auto. ― We have two cars.

   Se håd blonde Hoar. ― She has blonde hair.

3. (transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)

   Du muasst a Geduid håbn. ― You have to be patient.

4. (transitive) to have (to be scheduled to attend)

   Nächste Wochn håbn's a wichtige Sitzung. ― They have an important meeting next week.

   Der Bertl håd an Test muagn in da Schui. ― Bertl has a test at school tomorrow.

5. (transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)

   I håb scho wieder so an saubledn Schnupfn. ― I've got another one of those stupid colds.

6. (transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal

   Oa Meter håd 100 Zentimeter. ― There are 100 centimetres in one metre. (literally, “One metre has 100 centimetres.”)

7. (with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into

   I håb's ned so mit de Hund. ― I'm not a great fan of dogs. (literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)

8. (impersonal, with es) there be, there is, there are

   Då håt's wås. ― Something's not right there. (literally, “There has it something.”)