Polyglot Dictionary

brauchen

/ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩/

verb A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
braucht
past
brauchte
perfect
hat gebraucht

Meaning

  1. to need

V Category State Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

erfordern

Close synonyms for "to require, to need."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

necessitar

necessitar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to need."

Portuguese

precisar

precisar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to need."

Practice

1 What does brauchen mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches brauchen?

See also

verbcore-vocabulary

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