wiederhaben
German, verb/ˈviːdɐˌhaːbn̩/
wiederhaben is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-H-A-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiederhaben is a German verb meaning “to have back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wieder sein Eigen nennen, zurück bei sich haben; zurückbekommen haben”.
What does wiederhaben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to have back
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. wieder sein Eigen nennen, zurück bei sich haben; zurückbekommen haben
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 wiederhaben
- hat wieder present singular third-person
- hatte wieder past
- wiedergehabt participle past
- hätte wieder past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- wiederhabend participle present
- wiederzuhaben infinitive infinitive-zu
- habe wieder first-person indicative present
- haben wieder first-person indicative plural
- hast wieder indicative present second-person
- habt wieder indicative plural present
- habest wieder second-person singular subjunctive
- habet wieder plural second-person subjunctive
- hatten wieder first-person indicative plural
- hätten wieder first-person plural subjunctive
- hattest wieder indicative preterite second-person
- hattet wieder indicative plural preterite
- hättest wieder second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wiederhaben?
- /ˈviːdɐˌhaːbn̩/
- /ˈviːdɐˌhaːbm̩/
- [ˈviːdɐˌhaːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wiederhaben in German?
wiederhaben appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).