weghaben — German conjugation

to have away

Frequency#2248Irregular

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe wegI have away
duhast wegyou have away
er/sie/eshat weghe/she/it has away
wirhaben wegwe have away
ihrhabt wegyou (pl.) have away
sie/Siehaben wegthey have away

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte wegI had away
duhattest wegyou had away
er/sie/eshatte weghe/she/it had away
wirhatten wegwe had away
ihrhattet wegyou (pl.) had away
sie/Siehatten wegthey had away

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe weggehabtI have had away
duhast weggehabtyou have had away
er/sie/eshat weggehabthe/she/it has had away
wirhaben weggehabtwe have had away
ihrhabt weggehabtyou (pl.) have had away
sie/Siehaben weggehabtthey have had away

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte weggehabtI had had away
duhattest weggehabtyou had had away
er/sie/eshatte weggehabthe/she/it had had away
wirhatten weggehabtwe had had away
ihrhattet weggehabtyou (pl.) had had away
sie/Siehatten weggehabtthey had had away

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde weghabenI will have away
duwirst weghabenyou will have away
er/sie/eswird weghabenhe/she/it will have away
wirwerden weghabenwe will have away
ihrwerdet weghabenyou (pl.) will have away
sie/Siewerden weghabenthey will have away

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.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde weggehabt habenI will have had away
duwirst weggehabt habenyou will have had away
er/sie/eswird weggehabt habenhe/she/it will have had away
wirwerden weggehabt habenwe will have had away
ihrwerdet weggehabt habenyou (pl.) will have had away
sie/Siewerden weggehabt habenthey will have had away

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?

PronounGerman
ichhätte weg
duhättest weg
er/sie/eshätte weg
wirhätten weg
ihrhättet weg
sie/Siehätten weg

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.

PronounGerman
duhabe weg
ihrhabt weg