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)

  1. to need

Conjugation

Conjugation of behøve
active passive
present behøver behøves
past behøvede behøvedes
infinitive behøve behøves
imperative behøv —
participle
present behøvende
past behøvet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund behøven

Synonyms

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)

  1. to need

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • behøva

Etymology

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

Verb

behøve

  1. to need

References

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