hadde
had · verb
- Definition
- The past tense of the verb 'ha', meaning to possess, own, or experience. It is used to form the past perfect tense (pluskvamperfektum) and often appears in conditional sentences.
- Inflections
- hadde
- Origin
- From Old Norse 'hafa', ultimately from Proto-Germanic '*habanan', meaning 'to have, hold, possess'.
Examples
| Jeg hadde en katt da jeg var liten. | I had a cat when I was little. |
| Hvis jeg hadde visst det, ville jeg ha gjort noe annet. | If I had known that, I would have done something else. |
| Hun hadde det veldig gøy på festen. | She had a lot of fun at the party. |