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
infinitive hawwe
past participle hot ghatt
future tense waerd hawwe
subjunctive hedde
present tense
1st person singular hab
2nd person singular hoscht
3rd person singular hot
1st person  plural hen
2nd person plural hett
3rd person plural hen
imperative

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hebba, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhavə/

Verb

hawwe

  1. to have (possess, own)
  2. to have (auxiliary verb)

Inflection
Conjugation of hawwe
Infinitive: hawwe
Present tense Past tense
person singular plural singular plural
1st ik ha wy hawwe ik hie wy hienen
2nd do/dû hast jimme hawwe do/dû hiest jimme hienen
3rd hy/sy hat hja hawwe hy/sy hie hja hienen
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
hawwend (hawwende) haw hawwe hân
  • (variant past-tense plural) hiene

Alternative forms

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