 | English | German  | |
| – | |
 | sb. woulda [coll.] [would have] | 113 jd. hätte | |
| sb./sth. had [subjunctive] | 77 jd./etw. hätte | |
| sb. would have | jd. hätte | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| sb. could have | jd. hätte können | |
| sb. shoulda [coll.] [should have] | jd. hätte sollen | |
| sb./sth. would have swung | jd./etw. hätte geschwungen | |
| sb./sth. would have drunk | jd./etw. hätte getrunken | |
| sb./sth. should've [should have] | jd./etw. hätte sollen | |
| sb./sth. should have | jd./etw. hätte sollen | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| as-if principle [SAP] | Hätte-Prinzip {n} [SAP] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| coulda been [coll.] [could have been] | hätte sein können | |
| Shoulda, coulda, woulda. [idiom] [it is of no use to dwell on what went wrong - let go of the guilt] | Hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette! [Redewendung] [Man sollte, man könnte, man müsste] | |
| proverb Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. | Hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette. [ugs.] [Hinterher ist man immer klüger.] | |
| comm. gastr. idiom Could I have ... ? | Ich hätte gerne ... | |
| I had rather ... | Ich hätte lieber ... | |
| sb. ought to have foreseen | jd. hätte vorhersehen müssen | |
| Who'd've ...? [coll.] [Who would have ...?] | Wer hätte / wäre ... | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| He might have died. [It was possible, but he didn't] | Er hätte sterben können. | |
| It would be no good. | Es hätte keinen Zweck. | |
| I'd like ... | Ich hätte gern / gerne ... | |
| I would like (to have) ... | Ich hätte gern / gerne ... | |
| I could have cried. | Ich hätte heulen können. [ugs.] | |
| I would rather I had lost. | Ich hätte lieber verloren. | |
| Anyone else would have given up. | Jeder andere hätte aufgegeben. | |
| what might have been | was hätte sein können | |
| Who would have thought it? | Wer hätte das gedacht! | |
| Who knew? [Am.] | Wer hätte das gedacht? | |
| idiom Who'da thunk it? [Am.] [sl.] | Wer hätte das gedacht? | |
| Who'd have thought (that)? | Wer hätte das gedacht? | |
| idiom Who'd have thunk it? [sl., also: Whodathunkit] [Who would have thought it?] | Wer hätte das gedacht? | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| ramrod straight {adv} [fig.] | als hätte er einen Stock verschluckt [Redewendung] | |
| as if he knew all along | als hätte er es die ganze Zeit (über) gewusst | |
| as if the earth had swallowed sb. up | als hätte jdn. der Erdboden verschluckt | |
| As if I didn't have enough problems. | Als ob ich nicht schon genug Probleme hätte. | |
| Arsenal still wouldn't have scored. | Arsenal hätte trotzdem nicht getroffen. | |
| That was a near thing. [That was a near miss (a close call)] | Das hätte (leicht) ins Auge gehen können [ugs.] | |
| It figures. | Das hätte ich mir denken können. | |
| That figures. [coll.] [makes sense] | Das hätte ich mir denken können. | |
| I shouldn't have said that. | Das hätte ich nicht sagen sollen. | |
| Smack my ass and call me Sally! [Am.] [vulg.] [idiom] | Das hätte ich nie gedacht! | |
| I never would have guessed. | Das hätte ich nie gedacht. | |
| That should have told me something. | Das hätte mir eine Warnung sein müssen. | |
| This should not have been allowed to happen. | Das hätte nicht passieren dürfen. | |
| He gave it to the ones who could not have been helped. | Er gab es denjenigen, denen nicht hätte geholfen werden können. | |
| He should have been allowed to do it. | Er hätte das dürfen sollen. | |
| He ought to have read the letter. [but he didn't] | Er hätte den Brief lesen sollen. | |
| He couldn't have written the letter. [He would not have been able to] | Er hätte den Brief nicht schreiben können. | |
| He nearly shot you. | Er hätte dich fast erschossen. | |
| He would have been able to do it. | Er hätte es tun können. | |
| He could have done with more help. | Er hätte mehr Hilfe brauchen können. | |
