gern haben
[ˈɡɛʁn ˌhaːbn̩]
The verdict
“gern haben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas mögen; Zuneigung oder Sympathie für jemanden empfinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-gern-haben · gern haben · German
gern haben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gern haben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛʁn ˌhaːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gern haben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gern haben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡɛʁn ˌhaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden oder etwas mögen; Zuneigung oder Sympathie für jemanden empfinden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gern haben, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is gern haben, spelled G-E-R-N- -H-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas mögen; Zuneigung oder Sympathie für jemanden empfinden
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.