behøve

See also: behove

Danish

Etymology

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

behøve (past tense behøvede, past participle behøvet)

to need

Conjugation

Inflection of behøve

	present	past
simple	behøver	behøvede
perfect	har behøvet	havde behøvet
passive	behøves	behøvedes
participle	behøvende	behøvet
imperative	behøv	—
infinitive	behøve	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	behøven	—

Synonyms

have brug for

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Verb

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

to need

Synonyms

trenge

Related terms

behov

References

“behøve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

behøva

Etymology

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

Verb

behøve

to need

Related terms

behov
trenge

References

“behøve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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