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Besass, hatte

To possess, own.

Examples :

"I have a house and a car."

Ich habe ein Haus und ein Auto.

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Hatten, besaßen

To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Examples :

"The teacher had several extra copies of the textbook available for students. "

Der Lehrer hatte mehrere zusätzliche Exemplare des Lehrbuchs für die Schüler zur Verfügung.

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Hatte

Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

Examples :

"I have a really mean boss."

Ich hatte einen wirklich gemeinen Chef.

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Zu sich nehmen, essen, trinken

To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

Examples :

"Can I have a look at that?"

Kann ich mir das ansehen?

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Teilnehmen, dabei sein

To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

Examples :

"My sister had a doctor's appointment tomorrow. "

Meine Schwester hat morgen einen Arzttermin.

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Erlebte, durchmachte

To experience, go through, undergo.

Examples :

"He had surgery on his hip yesterday."

Er hatte gestern eine Hüftoperation.

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Hatte, leiden an

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

Examples :

"He had a cold last week."

Er litt letzte Woche an einer Erkältung.

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Hatte

(auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.

Examples :

"I had already eaten."

Ich hatte bereits gegessen.

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Hatte

Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)

Examples :

"You've finished your homework, hadn't you? "

Du hast deine Hausaufgaben beendet, nicht wahr?

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Musste

(auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.

Examples :

"I have to go."

Ich musste gehen.

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Gebären, zur Welt bringen

To give birth to.

Examples :

"My mother had me when she was 25."

Meine Mutter brachte mich zur Welt, als sie 25 war.

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Hatte Geschlechtsverkehr mit

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

Examples :

"The student said that he had her after school. "

Der Schüler sagte, er hatte Geschlechtsverkehr mit ihr nach der Schule.

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Hatte, als romantischen Partner akzeptieren

To accept as a romantic partner.

Examples :

"Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me."

Trotz meiner Liebesbeteuerungen wollte sie mich nicht als Partner.

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Veranlassen, lassen

(transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

Examples :

"They had me feed their dog while they were out of town."

Sie ließen mich ihren Hund füttern, während sie nicht in der Stadt waren.

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Veranlassen, machen zu

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.

Examples :

"He had him arrested for trespassing."

Er ließ ihn wegen Hausfriedensbruchs verhaften.

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Erleiden, erfahren

(transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

Examples :

"The bad weather had my family postpone their picnic. "

Das schlechte Wetter ließ meine Familie ihr Picknick verschieben.

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Betrachten als, halten für

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.

Examples :

"The teacher had the students' behavior as unruly. "

Der Lehrer betrachtete das Verhalten der Schüler als ungebührlich.

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Besiegen, bezwingen

To defeat in a fight; take.

Examples :

"I could have him!"

Ich könnte ihn besiegen!

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Konnten sprechen

(obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).

Examples :

"I have no German."

Ich konnte kein Deutsch sprechen.

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Fühlen, empfinden

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Examples :

"Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before."

Dan hat heute sicherlich Arme, wahrscheinlich vom Abschaben von Farbe von vier Säulen am Vortag.

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Austricksen, täuschen

To trick, to deceive.

Examples :

"You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke."

Du hast mich reingelegt! Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass das nur ein Witz war.

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Erlauben, dulden

(often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.

Examples :

"My parents had me study diligently for the exam. "

Meine Eltern erlaubten mir, fleißig für die Prüfung zu lernen.

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Glauben, halten für

(often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.

Examples :

"My brother had the idea that he could finish the project in an hour, but he was wrong. "

Mein Bruder glaubte, er könnte das Projekt in einer Stunde fertigstellen, aber er irrte sich.

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Beherbergen, empfangen

To host someone; to take in as a guest.

Examples :

"Thank you for having me!"

Vielen Dank, dass Sie mich empfangen haben!

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Ermitteln, feststellen

To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

Examples :

"I have two contacts on my scope."

Ich habe zwei Kontakte auf meinem Oszilloskop ermittelt.

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Beraten

(of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

Examples :

"The jury had the case for two hours before reaching a verdict. "

Die Jury beriet den Fall zwei Stunden lang, bevor sie ein Urteil fällte.

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Beobachtete

To make an observation of (a bird species).

Examples :

"The ornithologist had the rare hummingbird species at the park. "

Der Ornithologe beobachtete die seltene Kolibriart im Park.

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