Polyglot Dictionary

benötigen

/bəˈnøːtɪɡn̩/

verb B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
benötigt
past
benötigte
perfect
hat benötigt

Meaning

  1. to require, to need

    From Not (need, necessity).

V Category State Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

bedürfen

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 benötigen mean?

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