Synonyms: must, ought to, should, be obliged to, be obliged, have to, be to
Part of speech | verb |
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Pronunciation | /niːd/ |
Hyphenation | need |
Shavian alphabet | 𐑯𐑰𐑛 |
Indicative mood | |
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Present tense | Past tense |
(I) need | (I) needed |
(thou) needest | (thou) neededst, needst |
(he) needs, needeth, need (in negative & interrogative sentences) | (he) needed |
(we) need | (we) needed |
(you) need | (you) needed |
(they) need | (they) needed |
Subjunctive mood | |
Present tense | Past tense |
(I) need | (I) needed |
(thou) need | (thou) needed |
(he) need | (he) needed |
(we) need | (we) needed |
(you) need | (you) needed |
(they) need | (they) needed |
Participles | |
Present participle | Past participle |
needing | needed |
Afrikaans | moet |
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Catalan | haver de |
Danish | måtte; skulle |
Dutch | moeten |
English (Old English) | sculan |
Esperanto | devi |
Faeroese | noyðast; skula |
Finnish | täytyä |
French | avoir à; devoir; être obligé |
German | müssen |
Hungarian | kell; kötelező; muszáj |
Jamaican Patois | afi |
Kabylian | ssefk |
Low German | möäten |
Luxemburgish | missen |
Malay | harus |
Papiamento | mester |
Polish | musieć |
Portuguese | dever; ter a obrigação; ter de; ter que |
Russian | <должен> |
Saterland Frisian | moute; skälle |
Scots | maun; hae tae |
Spanish | deber; tener que |
Sranan | abi fu; musu |
Swedish | böra; må; måste |
Thai | ควร; ต้อง; พึง |
West Frisian | moatte |