getan zu haben

to have done

→ tun

phrase Uncommon #12,760

to have done The perfect infinitive of tun, used after verbs such as abstreiten, bereuen, sich erinnern, and schwören. It refers to an action completed earlier, often translated as “having done” in English.

GE: Sie behauptet, nichts Falsches getan zu haben.

EN: She claims not to have done anything wrong.

Er hatte Urlaub, und der scheint ihm richtig gut getan zu haben.

He was on vacation, and it seems to have done him a world of good.

Maria behauptete, es nicht getan zu haben.

Maria claimed not to have done it.

Tom glaubt, nie etwas Besseres getan zu haben, als Maria zu heiraten.

Tom believes he has never done anything better than marrying Maria.

Tom meinte, seine Pflicht getan zu haben.

Tom felt he had done his duty.

Ich bereue es, so etwas getan zu haben.

I regret having done such a thing.

Tom hat eigentlich nicht getan, was er behauptete getan zu haben.

Tom didn’t actually do what he claimed to have done.

Aber jetzt bin ich froh, es getan zu haben.

But now I'm glad I did it.

— The Secret Agent (2025)

Tom sagte, er sei froh, das nicht getan zu haben.

Tom said he was glad he hadn't done that.

Ich erinnere mich, das irgendwo schon einmal getan zu haben.

I remember doing this somewhere before.

Maria beharrte darauf, es nicht getan zu haben.

Maria insisted that she hadn't done it.

Tom streitet ab, es getan zu haben.

Tom denies having done it.

Ich gebe zu, es getan zu haben.

I admit to having done it.