hab'
German, verb
hab' is a German verb meaning “apocopic form of habe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, hab is a different word: “singular imperative of haben”.
What does hab' mean in English?
verb
- 1
apocopic form of habe
verb
- 1
singular imperative of haben
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of haben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Buch Habakuk
noun: 1. Hab und Gut (weitere Informationen siehe dort)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hab'
- hab' alternative first-person present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is hab' in German?
hab' appears 759 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).