behøve

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German behôven, from Old Saxon *bihōvōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōfōn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beˈhøːˀvə/, [b̥eˈhøˀʋə], [peˈhøˀʊ]

Verb

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behøve (past tense behøvede, past participle behøvet)

  1. to need

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German behôven, from Old Saxon *bihōvōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōfōn.

Verb

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behøve (present tense behøver, passive behøves, simple past behøvde, past participle behøvd, present participle behøvende)

  1. to need

Synonyms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German behôven, from Old Saxon *bihōvōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōfōn.

Verb

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behøve

  1. to need
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