hatten Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “had” is hatten. Examples of "had" in use There are 5 examples of the German word for "had" being used: Recording English German Learn we had Wir hatten Learn when we had the idea als wir die Idee hatten Learn All the children had measles. Alle Kinder hatten Masern. Learn We had oysters earlier. Wir hatten vorhin Austern. Learn After the wedding, they had intercourse. Nach der Hochzeit hatten sie Geschlechtsverkehr. Learn Practice Lesson "had" Practice (6) Lesson Learn Lesson words had etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases After the wedding, they had intercourse., All the children had measles., we had, We had oysters earlier., when we had the idea etc. View all lesson phrases Part of Speech Courses Verbs 22 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech