haften
German, verb/ˈhaftn̩/
haften is spelled H-A-F-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haften is a German verb meaning “to stick, to adhere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an etwas kleben, an etwas festhängen”.
What does haften mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stick, to adhere
- 2
to be liable, to be responsible
Wer haftet bei einem Unfall?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an etwas kleben, an etwas festhängen 2. die gesetzliche Verantwortlichkeit tragen
verb: 1. für etwas/jemanden haftbar sein, die Verantwortung für etwas/jemanden tragen
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 haften
- haftet present singular third-person
- haftete past
- gehaftet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- haftend participle present
- hafte first-person indicative present
- haftest indicative present second-person
- hafteten first-person indicative plural
- haftetest indicative preterite second-person
- haftetet indicative plural preterite
- haft imperative second-person singular
- habe gehaftet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gehaftet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haft! imperative singular
- hafte! imperative singular
- haftet! imperative plural
- gehaftet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu haften active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haften?
- /ˈhaftn̩/
- /ˈhaftən/
- [ˈhaftn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to haften
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is haften in German?
haften appears 4.9 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).