haver

See also: Haver and häver

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots haiver.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)

2. (UK) To hem and haw.
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 154:

     This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.

4. (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.

   Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder

   • 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XIV, in Shrewsbury:

     To business, and no more havers.

   • 1988, The Proclaimers, “I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)”:

     And if I haver,
     Yeah I know I’m gonna be,
     I’m gonna be the man
     Who’s haverin' to you.

   • 2004, James Campbell, “Boswell and Mrs. Miller”, in Wendy Lesser, editor, The Genius of Language, page 194:

     She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *káprosder.

Proto-Germanic *habrô

Old Norse hafribor.

Middle English havere

English haver

Inherited from Middle English haver, havere, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”); reinforced by Scots haver in Scotland. Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”) and German Hafer (“oat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
• (Cumbria, Yorkshire) IPA^(key): /ˈavə/
  1994, Clive Upton, David Parry, J.D.A. Widdowson, 'Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar., London: Routledge, page 196:
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

haver

1. (UK, Scotland, Northern England) The cereal grain of cultivated oats (Avena sativa).
   • 1902, Charles Roeder, “Notes on food and drink in Lancashire and other Northern Counties”, in Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, page 44:

     From porridge, the liquid preparation of oats, we are led almost automatically to the haver-cake, which was a great improvement on the former, for it could be carried about, and kept for an indefinite time in sound and wholesome condition.

2. (UK, Scotland, Northern England, now rare) The plant or the grain of common wild oats (Avena fatua).

Derived terms

• haver bread
• haver-grass

Related terms

• haversack

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.

Proto-Germanic *habjaną

Proto-West Germanic *habbjan

Old English habban

Middle English haven

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

Middle English havere

English haver

From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhævɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhævə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

haver (plural havers)

2. One who has something (in various senses).
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.

   • 2012, Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite, page 186:

     Because abortion would no longer be an issue (except, again, in the case of criminal sex-havers), Democrats and republicans would stop fighting […]

   • 2018 July 23, Katy Waldman, “A Sociologist Examines the "White Fragility" That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 October 2026:

     Yet, DiAngelo writes, white people cling to the notion of racial innocence, a form of weaponized denial that positions black people as the "havers" of race and the guardians of racial knowledge.

   • 2022 December 2, Tessa Flores, “What Our Shopping Editors Are Buying From Sephora's Holiday Sale”, in Huffington Post‎^[2], archived from the original on 24 July 2024:

     As a haver of eczema and chronically parched skin, I know I can always return to this nourishing formula that uses soothing colloidal oatmeal and allantoin as well as shea butter which works to protect the skin barrier.

4. (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.

Synonyms

• holder
• possessor

Derived terms

• sex-haver

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hebrew חבר.

Noun

haver (plural haverim)

2. Alternative form of chaver.

Anagrams

• Havre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• heure (Eastern)
• haure (Western)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan haver, from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈβe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈvə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈveɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [aˈβe]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Verb

haver (first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (as auxiliary)
haver (first-person singular present hec or hac, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (as full verb)

1. (auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form compound tenses or perfect tenses, together with a past participle

   ho he fet

   [I] have done it (literally "it have done")

2. (archaic) to have, to possess
   • 1399, Bernat Metge, Lo Somni:

     Pots haver clara conexença de què és purgatori.

     You can have clear understanding of what Purgatorium is.

Conjugation

as auxiliary

    Central Catalan conjugation of haver (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			haver
gerund			havent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hagut		haguda
		plural		haguts		hagudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	he	has	ha	hem	heu	han
	imperfect	havia	havies	havia	havíem	havíeu	havien
	future	hauré	hauràs	haurà	haurem	haureu	hauran
	preterite	haguí	hagueres	hagué	haguérem	haguéreu	hagueren
	conditional	hauria, haguera	hauries, hagueres	hauria, haguera	hauríem, haguérem	hauríeu, haguéreu	haurien, hagueren
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	hagi	hagis	hagi	hàgim	hàgiu	hagin
	imperfect	hagués	haguessis	hagués	haguéssim	haguéssiu	haguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	—	—	—	—	—
	negative (no)	—	—	—	—	—	—

as full verb

    Central Catalan conjugation of haver (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			haver
gerund			havent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hagut		haguda
		plural		haguts		hagudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	hec, hac	heus, haus	heu, hau	havem	haveu	heuen, hauen
	imperfect	havia	havies	havia	havíem	havíeu	havien
	future	hauré	hauràs	haurà	haurem	haureu	hauran
	preterite	haguí	hagueres	hagué	haguérem	haguéreu	hagueren
	conditional	hauria	hauries	hauria	hauríem	hauríeu	haurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	hegui	heguis	hegui	haguem	hagueu	heguin
	imperfect	hagués	haguessis	hagués	haguéssim	haguéssiu	haguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	heu, hau	hegui	haguem	haveu	heguin
	negative (no)	—	no heguis	no hegui	no haguem	no hagueu	no heguin

Derived terms

• haver-hi
• haver de
• havedor
• temps ha

Noun

haver m (plural havers)

1. a possession
2. a credit

Further reading

• “haver”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “haver”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “haver” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “haver”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Danish

Etymology 1

From have +‎ -er.

Noun

haver c (singular definite haveren, plural indefinite havere)

1. a person who possesses or is in possession of something

   magt (“power; rule”) → magthaver (“ruler”)

Declension

Declension of haver

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haver	haveren	havere	haverne
genitive	havers	haverens	haveres	havernes

Etymology 2

Noun

haver

1. indefinite nominative plural of have

References

• “haver” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.vər/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːvər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-West Germanic *habrō, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.

Noun

haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)

1. any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
2. (particularly) Avena sativa, the cereal oat

Derived terms

general

• haverachtig
• haverangel
• haverbezie
• haverbier
• haverbrand
• haverbreker
• haverbrij
• haverbrood
• havercappu, havercappuccino
• haverdop
• haverdorser
• haverdrank
• haveren
• havergeel
• havergort
• haverkaf
• haverkast
• haverkist
• haverklap
• haverkneu
• haverkneuzer
• haverkoper
• haverkoren
• haverkorrel
• haverkorst
• havermaand
• havermaat
• havermeel
• havermelk
• havermijt
• havermout
• havermuis
• haveroogst
• haverpap
• haverslag
• haverstoppel
• haverstraat
• haverstro
• havertas
• havertor
• havertrips
• haverveld
• haverzaaier
• haverzak
• smelehaver
• stokhaver, stokmanshaver
• studentenhaver
• van haver tot gort kennen

varieties of oat and plant species resembling or named after oat

• baardhaver
• bastaardhaver
• beemdhaver
• brouwhaver
• dwerghaver
• glanshaver
• goudhaver
• haverdistel
• havergras
• haverrijst
• haverslee
• haverwortel
• mussenbekhaver
• poeshaver
• presidentshaver
• troshaver
• vloghaver
• voerhaver
• vroege haver
• wilde haver
• zaadhaver
• zachte haver
• zandhaver
• zilverhaver

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hawer
• Jersey Dutch: hâver
• → English: haversack
• → Indonesian: haver
• → Papiamentu: haver
• → West Frisian: haver (dialectal)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

haver

1. inflection of haveren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Galician

Verb

haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houvem or houve, past participle havido, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of haber

Conjugation

    Reintegrated conjugation of haver (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	haver
Personal	haver	haveres	haver	havermos	haverdes	haverem
Gerund
	havendo
Past participle
Masculine	havido			havidos
Feminine	havida			havidas
Indicative
Present	hei	hás	há, hai1,2	havemos	havedes, haveis	ham, hão
Imperfect	havia	havias	havia	havíamos	havíades, havíeis, havíais2	haviam
Preterite	houvem, houve	houveste, houveche2	houvo, houve	houvemos	houvestes	houvérom, houveram
Pluperfect	houvera	houveras	houvera	houvéramos	houvérades, houvéreis, houvérais2	houveram
Future	haverei	haverás	haverá	haveremos	haveredes, havereis	haverám, haverão
Conditional	haveria	haverias	haveria	haveríamos	haveríades, haveríeis, haveríais2	haveriam
Subjunctive
Present	haja	hajas	haja	hajamos	hajades, hajais	hajam
Imperfect	houvesse	houvesses	houvesse	houvéssemos	houvéssedes, houvésseis	houvessem
Future	houver	houveres	houver	houvermos	houverdes	houverem
Imperative
Affirmative		há	haja	hajamos	havede, havei	hajam
Negative (nom)		nom hajas	nom haja	nom hajamos	nom hajades, nom hajais	nom hajam

¹Also impersonal.
²Less recommended.

Related terms

• reaver

References

• “haver”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver), from Hebrew חבר (khaver, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒvɛr]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

haver (plural haverok)

1. (slang) pal, buddy, dude

   Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás

2. (derogatory) accomplice (partner in crime)

   Synonyms: cinkostárs, bűntárs

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	haver	haverok
accusative	havert	haverokat
dative	havernak	haveroknak
instrumental	haverral	haverokkal
causal-final	haverért	haverokért
translative	haverrá	haverokká
terminative	haverig	haverokig
essive-formal	haverként	haverokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	haverban	haverokban
superessive	haveron	haverokon
adessive	havernál	haveroknál
illative	haverba	haverokba
sublative	haverra	haverokra
allative	haverhoz	haverokhoz
elative	haverból	haverokból
delative	haverról	haverokról
ablative	havertól	haveroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	haveré	haveroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	haveréi	haverokéi

Possessive forms of haver

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	haverom	haverjaim
2nd person sing.	haverod	haverjaid
3rd person sing.	haverja	haverjai
1st person plural	haverunk	haverjaink
2nd person plural	haverotok	haverjaitok
3rd person plural	haverjuk	haverjaik

Derived terms

• haveri
• haverkodik
• haverság

Further reading

• haver in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• haver in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch haver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.vər/, [ˈha.fər]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver

Noun

haver (plural haver-haver)

1. oat
2. the seeds of the oat

Further reading

• “haver”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈver/

Verb

haver

1. alternative form of haber

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haver

infinitive		haver
participle		present	perfect
		havente	havite
active		simple	perfect
	present	have, ha	ha havite
	past	haveva	habeva havite
	future	havera	habera havite
	conditional	haverea	haberea havite
	imperative	have	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es havite	ha essite havite
	past	esseva havite	habeva essite havite
	future	essera havite	habera essite havite
	conditional	esserea havite	haberea essite havite
	imperative	sia havite	—

References

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1971), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, 2nd edition, New York: Frederick Ungar, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈver/
• Homophone: aver
• Rhymes: -er
• Hyphenation: ha‧vér

Verb

haver (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of havere
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio [Introduction]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎^[3], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page xviii:

     Humana coſa è haver compaſſione de gli afflitti

     It is human to have compassion for the troubled

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew חבר (khavér).

Noun

haver m (Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר, plural haverim)

1. partner, comrade, associate

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥaƀer”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “javér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 253
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “haver”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 193

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

haver

1. alternative form of havere (“possessor”)

Etymology 2

Noun

haver

1. alternative form of havere (“oats”)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /aˈβeɾ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈβeɾ/, /aˈveɾ/

Verb

haver

1. alternative spelling of aver

Conjugation

Conjugation of haver

infinitive				haver
gerund		simple		havendo
		compound		gerund of haver + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		havudo, havido		havudos, havidos
		feminine		havuda, havida		havudas, havidas
present participle				havente		haventes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	hei, hajo	hás	há, hai	havemos	havedes	han
	imperfect	havia	havias	havia	havíamos	havíades	havian
	preterite	houve	houveste, houviste, *houvesche, houvische, *houveche, *houviche	houve, houvo	houvemos	houveron	foron
	pluperfect	houvera	houveras	houvera	houvéramos	houvérades	houveran
	future	haverei	haverás	haverá	haveremos	haveredes	haverán
	conditional	haveria	haverias	haveria	haveríamos	haveríades	haverian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	haja	hajas	haja	hajamos	hajades	hajan
	imperfect	houvesse	houvesses	houvesse	houvéssemos	houvéssedes	houvessen
	future	houver, hoer	houveres	houver	houvermos	houverdes	houveren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	have	—	hajamos	havede	—
negative		—	non hajas	—	non hajamos	non hajades	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		haver	haveres	haver	havermos	haverdes	haveren

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aver (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *haβēō

Latin habēre

Old Galician-Portuguese aver

Portuguese haver

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre. Compare Galician haber. Cognate of Spanish haber, French avoir, and Italian avere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ʁ)/ [aˈve(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈveɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈveɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbeɾ/ [ɐˈβeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈve.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈve(h)/

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• Homophone: a ver
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver

Verb

haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houve, past participle havido)

2. (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist

   Synonym: (Brazil, Angola) ter

   Há um banco aqui perto.

   There is a bank nearby.

4. (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur

   Houve um acidente na alameda.

   There was an accident in the avenue.

6. (impersonal, transitive) ago (indicates the time since something occurred)

   Terminei a faculdade há um mês.

   I finished college one month ago.

7. to have
   2. (auxiliary, formal, archaic in the present indicative tense, taking a masculine singular past participle) used in forming the perfect aspect

      Synonym: ter

      Eu já havia entrado quando chegaste.

      I had already gotten in when you arrived.

      Hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias.

      I have been studying much, in these last days.

   4. (archaic, transitive) to own; to possess

      Hei duas espadas.

      I have two swords.

9. (auxiliary, with de + infinitive) See haver de.
11. (Brazil, transitive) to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)

    Synonym: reaver

    Preciso de haver meu dinheiro.

    I need to recover my money.

13. (pronominal) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haver (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	haver
Personal	haver	haveres	haver	havermos	haverdes	haverem
Gerund
	havendo
Past participle
Masculine	havido			havidos
Feminine	havida			havidas
Indicative
Present	hei	hás	há	havemos, hemos	haveis, heis	hão
Imperfect	havia	havias	havia	havíamos	havíeis	haviam
Preterite	houve	houveste	houve	houvemos	houvestes	houveram
Pluperfect	houvera	houveras	houvera	houvéramos	houvéreis	houveram
Future	haverei	haverás	haverá	haveremos	havereis	haverão
Conditional	haveria	haverias	haveria	haveríamos	haveríeis	haveriam
Subjunctive
Present	haja	hajas	haja	hajamos	hajais	hajam
Imperfect	houvesse	houvesses	houvesse	houvéssemos	houvésseis	houvessem
Future	houver	houveres	houver	houvermos	houverdes	houverem
Imperative
Affirmative		há	haja	hajamos	havei	hajam
Negative (não)		não hajas	não haja	não hajamos	não hajais	não hajam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.

Synonyms

• (shall): ir
• (form the perfect tense): ter
• (to exist): existir, ter (Brazil)
• (to happen): acontecer, ocorrer, produzir-se, realizar-se, sobrevir, suceder
• (to own): deter, possuir, ter
• (to regain): reaver, recuperar
• (ago): fazer

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to exist”): inexistir

Derived terms

• bem haja
• há tempos
• haja o que houver
• haja vista
• haver como
• haver muito
• mal haja
• não há de quê

Noun

haver m (plural haveres)

1. credit
2. (in the plural) belongings
3. (in the plural) assets

Adjective

haver m or f (plural haveres)

1. misspelling of a ver (“to do”)

   Isto não tem nada haver com aquilo. ― This has nothing to do with that. (incorrect spelling)

   Isto não tem nada a ver com aquilo. ― This has nothing to do with that. (correct spelling)

Further reading

• “haver”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “haver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romansh

Alternative forms

• avair (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
• adaver, aver, ver (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”).

Verb

haver

1. (Sursilvan) to have

Conjugation

    Conjugation of haver (Sursilvan)

infinitive			haver
gerund			havend
past participle			giu
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	hai, vai	has	ha	havein, vein	haveis, veis	han
imperfect	havavel, vevel	havavas, vevas	havava, veva	havavan, vevan	havavas, vevas	havavan, vevan
future	vegnel a haver	vegns a haver	vegn a haver	vegnin a haver	vegnis a haver	vegnan a haver
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
direct present	havess, vess	havesses, vesses	havess, vess	havessen, vessen	havesses, vesses	havessen, vessen
indirect present	havessi, vessi	havessies, vessies	havessi, vessi	havessien, vessien	havessies, vessies	havessien, vessien
direct future	vegness a haver	vegnesses a haver	vegness a haver	vegnessen a haver	vegnesses a haver	vegnessen a haver
indirect future	vegnessi a haver	vegnessies a haver	vegnessi a haver	vegnessien a haver	vegnessies a haver	vegnessien a haver
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	hagi	hagies	hagi	haveien	haveies	hagien
past	havevi, vevi	havevies, vevies	havevi, vevi	havevien, vevien	havevies, vevies	havevien, vevien
future	vegni a haver	vegnies a haver	vegni a haver	vegnîen a haver	vegnîes a haver	vegnien a haver
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
		hagies			haveies, veies

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).

Noun

haver (uncountable)

1. oats

Derived terms

• havermeal (“oatmeal, half-ground meal”)
• haverpoke (“horse's nosebag”)

Descendants

• → English: haver

Etymology 2

Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past and past participle havert)

1. alternative form of haiver

Swedish

Verb

haver

1. has, have; present indicative of hava, an older form of har

Anagrams

• havre