What is it?
The Past Perfect Tense of a verb is used to refer to events that happened at some point in the past with a reference point to the past, eg: she had bought her ticket (and she went to spain).
The Rule
The past tense of have plus the Past Participle of the verb:
'havde' [past participle]
Infinitive | Present | Past | Present Perfect | Past Perfect |  |
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at bo | bor | boede | har boet | | had lived | |
at leve | lever | levede | har levet | | had lived | |
at spise | spiser | spiste | har spist | | had eaten |
at købe | køber | købte | har købt | | had bought |
at have | har | havde | har haft | | had had |
at hedde | hedder | hed | har heddet | | had been called | |
at sove | sover | sov | har sovet | | had slept |
at løbe | løber | løb | har løbet | | had run |
at synge | synger | sang | har sunget | | had sung |
at drikke | drikker | drak | har drukket | | had drunk |
at være | er | var | har været | | had been |
at se | ser | så | har set | | had seen |
at gå | går | gik | har gået | | had gone |
Examples
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| | | Han havde spist et æble og nu var han mæt | He had eaten an apple and now he was full | |
| | | De havde boet i huset i fire år, da de solgte det | The had lived in the house for four years when they sold it | |
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