habens

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German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːbəns/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bens

Contraction

habens

  1. Contraction of haben es.
    • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Die zwei Brüder”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, 5th edition, page 369:
      Sprach der Jäger „warum wird der Drache nicht getödtet?“ „Ach,“ antwortete der Wirth, „so viele Ritter habens versucht, aber allesammt ihr Leben eingebüßt; der König hat dem, der den Drachen besiegt, seine Tochter zur Frau versprochen und daß er nach seinem Tode das Reich erben solle.“
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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of habeō (have, hold).

Pronunciation

Participle

habēns (genitive habentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. having, holding
  2. owning
  3. possessing
  4. retaining, maintaining
  5. accepting, bearing, enduring

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative habēns habentēs habentia
genitive habentis habentium
dative habentī habentibus
accusative habentem habēns habentēs
habentīs
habentia
ablative habente
habentī1
habentibus
vocative habēns habentēs habentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • Galician: habenza

References

  • habens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers