bedürfen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bedürfen, bedurfen, from Old High German bidurfan (“need, require”). By surface analysis, be- +‎ dürfen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈdʏʁfən] Hyphenation: be‧dür‧fen === Verb === bedürfen (preterite-present, third-person singular present bedarf, past tense bedurfte, past participle bedurft, past subjunctive bedürfte, auxiliary haben) (formal) to require, to need [with genitive ‘someone/something’] Synonyms: brauchen, benötigen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bedürfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bedürfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bedürfen” in Duden online “bedürfen” in OpenThesaurus.de