bedürfen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), bedurfen, from Old High German bidurfan (“need, require”). By surface analysis, be- +‎ dürfen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bəˈdʏʁfən]
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  • Hyphenation: be‧dür‧fen

Verb

bedürfen (preterite-present, third-person singular present bedarf, past tense bedurfte, past participle bedurft, past subjunctive bedürfte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (formal) to require, need (takes the genitive of the direct object)
    Synonyms: brauchen, benötigen
    Wir bedürfen eines starken Mannes.
    We need a strong man.
    • 2008 January 1, Wolfgang Büscher, “Die Stimmen von New York”, in Zeit Online‎:
      Die junge und die alte Frau vermeiden es, auszusprechen, was keiner weiteren Worte bedarf nach dieser einen Silbe – ach.
      The young woman and the old one avoid uttering what requires no words beyond this one syllable: ach.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “bedürfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “bedürfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “bedürfen” in Duden online
  • “bedürfen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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