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Der Vermieter haftet für das kaputte Rohr und bezahlt den Klempner. The landlord is liable for the broken pipe and pays the plumber.

verb · B2

haften

[ˈhaftn̩]

to be liable, to be responsible

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es haftet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es haftete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gehaftet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich haftehaftetehabe gehaftet
du haftesthaftetesthast gehaftet
er/sie/es haftethaftetehat gehaftet
wir haftenhaftetenhaben gehaftet
ihr haftethaftetethabt gehaftet
sie/Sie haftenhaftetenhaben gehaftet
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gehaftetwerde haftenwerde gehaftet haben
du hattest gehaftetwirst haftenwirst gehaftet haben
er/sie/es hatte gehaftetwird haftenwird gehaftet haben
wir hatten gehaftetwerden haftenwerden gehaftet haben
ihr hattet gehaftetwerdet haftenwerdet gehaftet haben
sie/Sie hatten gehaftetwerden haftenwerden gehaftet haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich haftete
du haftetest
er/sie/es haftete
wir hafteten
ihr haftetet
sie/Sie hafteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde haften.

Person Imperativ
du hafte!
ihr haftet!
Sie haften Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

haft root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

die Haftungdie Haftpflichtdie Haftpflichtversicherung

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