hawwe

Pennsylvania German

Verb

hawwe

1. to have

Usage notes

• Also used as the primary auxiliary verb to form the past tense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hawwe (auxiliary hawwe)

infinitive hawwe past participle ghatt, ghadde hawwe progressive am Hawwe sei future tense hawwe waerde present subjunctive hawwe daede past subjunctive ghatt, ghadde hedde present tense and simple future tense singular plural 1st person ich hab mir hen 2nd person Lancaster du hoscht dihr hett Carbon ihr hett Northampton ihr hen Lebanon dihr hen Lehigh nihr hen York dihr hend 3rd person er/sie/es hot sie hen imperative hab! Subordinate-clause forms present tense and simple future tense singular plural 1st person ass ich hab ass mir hen 2nd person Lancaster ass du hoscht ass dihr hett Carbon ass ihr hett Northampton ass ihr hen Lebanon ass dihr hen Lehigh ass nihr hen York ass dihr hend 3rd person ass er/sie/es hot ass sie hen

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• habbe, hebbe, hewwe

Etymology

From Old Frisian hebba, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʋə/
• Rhymes: -aʋə
• Hyphenation: haw‧we

Verb

hawwe

1. to have (to own, possess)

   Ik haw in broer

   I have a brother

2. (auxiliary) to have

   Ik haw dy oeral socht

   I've been looking for you everywhere

Inflection

Irregular
infinitive	hawwe
3rd singular past	hie
past participle	hân
infinitive	hawwe
long infinitive	hawwen
gerund	hawwen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	ha, haw	hie
2nd singular	hast	hiest
clitic form	hasto	hiesto
3rd singular	hat	hie
plural	hawwe	hiene, hienen
imperative	haw
participles	hawwend, hawwende	hân

References

• “hawwe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011