bedürfen

/bəˈdʏʁfn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
bedarf
past
bedurfte
perfect
hat bedurft

Meaning

  1. to require, to need (formal)

V Category State Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: state. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

benötigen

bedürfen is more formal or literary; benötigen is more everyday — both mean "to require, to need."

Similar in other languages

English

need

need is the English word for the same thing — both mean "to require, to need."

Practice

1 What does bedürfen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ einer genauen Prüfung.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bedürfen?

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