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How to Say ‘I'd even still have’ in German

Da hätte ich sogar noch

dah HET-uh ikh zo-GAHR nokh

[dah HET-uh ikh zo-GAHR nokh]

💬 Usage Tip: hätte "would have" softens habe into a polite offer. sogar noch "even still" stresses that something is unexpectedly available.

Phrase Breakdown

Da hätte ich

dah HET-uh ikh

Then I would have

'hätte' is the polite subjunctive of 'haben'. The 'ä' sounds like the 'e' in 'bed'.

Example

Da hätte ich eine Idee.

I'd have an idea for that.

Words in this phrase

[dah]

then (at that time)

Refers back to the time mentioned.

Example

Da bin ich zu Hause.

I'm at home then.

hätte

[HET-uh]

would have

A conditional phrase indicating possibility.

Example

Er hätte es besser machen können.

He could have done it better.

ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

sogar noch

zo-GAHR nokh

even still

'sogar' means 'even'. 'noch' means something is still available. Stress 'gar' in 'sogar'.

Example

Es gibt sogar noch Kuchen.

There's even still some cake.

Words in this phrase

sogar

[zo-GAHR]

even

Adds emphasis to something better or more than expected.

Example

Das Essen war sogar günstig.

The food was even cheap.

noch

[nokh]

another / still

Adds the idea of one more thing.

Example

Ich habe noch einen Vorschlag für unser Treffen.

I still have another suggestion for our meeting.

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