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### The verb "haben" (to have)

To express possession in German, use the verb **haben** (to have). Here are its singular forms:

| Pronoun | Form | Meaning |
| - | - | - |
| **ich** | **habe** | I have |
| **du** | **hast** | you have (informal) |
| **er/sie/es** | **hat** | he/she/it has |
| **Sie** | **haben** | you have (formal) |

Notice that **du hast** and **er/sie/es hat** drop the "b" from the stem.

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### Asking questions with "haben"

Form a yes/no question by moving the conjugated verb to the beginning of the sentence.

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### Expressing "not any" with "kein"

To say you don't have something, German uses **kein** (no / not any). You can connect contrasting ideas using the conjunction **aber** (but).

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Just like with *ein* and *eine*, the ending of *kein* matches the noun's grammatical gender. Use **kein** for neuter nouns (like *das Auto* or *das Geld*), and **keine** for feminine nouns (like *die Zeit* or *die Frage*). 

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### Third-person possession

When talking about a person or a thing (he, she, it, or a specific noun like "the woman"), use the form **hat**.

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### To "have" luck

In English, you say someone *is* lucky. In German, you say they *have* luck (**Glück haben**).

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The verb 'to have' (habe, hast, hat)

adjective

adverb

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Definite articles and gender (der, die, das)

Indefinite articles (ein, eine)

Regular verbs and statement word order (ich -e, er -t)

The second person (du -st, Sie -en)

Yes/No questions

Plural pronouns and regular verbs (wir, ihr, sie)

Plural 'to be' and 'to have' (sind, haben)

Plural nouns and the plural article (die)

Sentence negation (nicht)

Noun negation (kein, keine)

Question words (wer, was, wo, wie)

Numbers 0 to 12 (null, eins, zwei)

The accusative case (den, die, das)

Indefinite accusative articles (einen, keinen)

Direct object pronouns (mich, dich, ihn)

There is / there are (es gibt)

Vowel changes: e to i/ie (er spricht, sie liest)

Vowel changes: a to ä (er fährt)

Weather and conditions (es regnet)

First- and second-person possessives in the nominative (mein, dein, Ihr)

First- and second-person possessives in the accusative (meinen, deinen, Ihren)

Third-person and plural possessives (sein, ihr, unser, euer)

Possession with names (Annas Auto)

Demonstrative pronouns (dieser, diese, dieses)

Expressing preference (gern, lieber)

Asking about direction and origin (woher, wohin)

Expressing ability (können)

Polite requests (möchten)

Expressing intention (wollen)

Modal verbs of obligation and permission (müssen, dürfen)

Separable prefix verbs

Adverbs of frequency (immer, oft, manchmal, nie)

The Dative case and definite articles (dem, der, den)

Dative indefinite and negative articles (einem, einer, keinem)

Dative personal pronouns (mir, dir, ihm, ihr...)

Dative verbs (helfen, danken, gefallen, schmecken)

Dative prepositions (aus, bei, mit, nach...)

Accusative prepositions (für, ohne, gegen)

Two-way prepositions for location (in, an, auf...)

Informal singular imperative (mach, komm)

Plural and formal imperative (macht, machen Sie)

Coordinating conjunctions (und, oder, aber, denn)

Simple past of sein and haben (war, hatte)

The perfect tense: regular verbs (gemacht, gespielt)

Past tense: irregular verbs (ge-...-en)

The perfect tense: mixed verbs (gebracht, gekannt)

The perfect tense with sein (ist gegangen)

The perfect tense: separable verbs (eingekauft)

The perfect tense: inseparable and -ieren verbs (besucht, studiert)

Informal singular commands (mach, lern)

Numbers 13 to 20 (dreizehn to zwanzig)

Counting by tens to 100 (dreißig, vierzig)

Telling time (Uhr, halb, Viertel, vor, nach)

Numbers 21 to 99 (einundzwanzig, zweiunddreißig)

Greetings and farewells

Thank you, sorry and good wishes

Everyday replies

Numbers 100 to 1,000,000 (hundert, tausend...)

Becoming and getting (werden)

The impersonal pronoun (man)

Indefinite pronouns (jemand, niemand...)

Time sequence prepositions (vor, nach, bei)

Time span prepositions (von... bis, seit, für)

Adverbs of sequence (zuerst, dann, danach)

Two-way prepositions for direction (in, auf, an...)

Directional adverbs (hin, her)

Placement verbs (setzen, stellen, legen)

Months of the year (Januar, Februar)

The four seasons (Frühling, Sommer)

Time prepositions and indefinite pronouns (an, in, um)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 19th (am ersten)

Ordinals 20th and beyond (-ste, -sten)

Placement vs. location verbs (stellen vs. stehen)

Accusative reflexive pronouns (mich, dich, sich)

Accusative reflexive verbs (sich freuen)

Dative reflexive pronouns (mir, dir, sich)

Dative reflexive verbs (sich etwas merken)

Ordinal numbers 11th to 19th (-te)

Temporal prepositions (an, in, um)

Double objects with nouns

Double objects with pronouns

The modal verb for advice (sollen)

Simple past of modal verbs (musste, wollte...)

Simple past of common irregulars (wurde, wusste, es gab)

Adverbial connectors of consequence (deshalb, darum...)

Subordinate clauses for statements (dass)

Subordinate clauses for reasons (weil)

Question	Answer
to have	haben
the car	das Auto
I have a car.	Ich habe ein Auto.
Do you have a car?	Hast du ein Auto?
but	aber
no, not any	kein
the money	das Geld
Yes, I have a car, but no money.	Ja, ich habe ein Auto, aber kein Geld.
Do you have money?	Hast du Geld?
He has money, but he is not buying a house.	Er hat Geld, aber er kauft kein Haus.
the time	die Zeit
to have time	Zeit haben
Do you have time?	Hast du Zeit?
I work very often and have no time.	Ich arbeite sehr oft und habe keine Zeit.
the question	die Frage
Do you have a question?	Haben Sie eine Frage?
the problem	das Problem
I understand the question, but I have a problem.	Ich verstehe die Frage, aber ich habe ein Problem.
the idea	die Idee
The woman has an idea.	Die Frau hat eine Idee.
The child is learning now and has an idea.	Das Kind lernt jetzt und hat eine Idee.
The woman is drinking coffee and has a book.	Die Frau trinkt Kaffee und hat ein Buch.
No, I have no problem.	Nein, ich habe kein Problem.
the luck	das Glück
You are lucky!	Du hast Glück!
He plays very well and is often lucky.	Er spielt sehr gut und hat oft Glück.
I live in Germany, but I have no car.	Ich wohne in Deutschland, aber ich habe kein Auto.

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