innehaben — German conjugation
to hold
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe inne | I hold |
| du | habst inne | you hold |
| er/sie/es | habt inne | he/she/it holds |
| wir | haben inne | we hold |
| ihr | habt inne | you (pl.) hold |
| sie/Sie | haben inne | they hold |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte inne | I held |
| du | hattest inne | you held |
| er/sie/es | hatte inne | he/she/it held |
| wir | hatten inne | we held |
| ihr | hattet inne | you (pl.) held |
| sie/Sie | hatten inne | they held |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | habe innegehabt | I have held |
| du | hast innegehabt | you have held |
| er/sie/es | hat innegehabt | he/she/it has held |
| wir | haben innegehabt | we have held |
| ihr | habt innegehabt | you (pl.) have held |
| sie/Sie | haben innegehabt | they have held |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte innegehabt | I had held |
| du | hattest innegehabt | you had held |
| er/sie/es | hatte innegehabt | he/she/it had held |
| wir | hatten innegehabt | we had held |
| ihr | hattet innegehabt | you (pl.) had held |
| sie/Sie | hatten innegehabt | they had held |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde innehaben | I will hold |
| du | wirst innehaben | you will hold |
| er/sie/es | wird innehaben | he/she/it will hold |
| wir | werden innehaben | we will hold |
| ihr | werdet innehaben | you (pl.) will hold |
| sie/Sie | werden innehaben | they will hold |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde innegehabt haben | I will have held |
| du | wirst innegehabt haben | you will have held |
| er/sie/es | wird innegehabt haben | he/she/it will have held |
| wir | werden innegehabt haben | we will have held |
| ihr | werdet innegehabt haben | you (pl.) will have held |
| sie/Sie | werden innegehabt haben | they will have held |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | hätte inne |
| du | hättest inne |
| er/sie/es | hätte inne |
| wir | hätten inne |
| ihr | hättet inne |
| sie/Sie | hätten inne |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | hab inne |
| ihr | habt inne |