häbbe

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• hävve

Etymology

From Dutch hebben, from Middle Dutch hebben, from Old Dutch hebben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæ.bə/, [ˈhɛː.βə]

Verb

häbbe

1. to have

Inflection

Inflection of häbbe

	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	häb	hād, hāt
2nd person singular	häb	hād, hāt
3rd person singular	häb, hät	hād, hāt
plural	häbbe	hādde
participles		xjehād, xjehāt