needy

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. In need; poor.
2. Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
3. Needful; necessary.

Konzepte

bedürftig

arm

notleidend

hilfsbedürftig

Not leidend

dürftig

leer

unvermögend

angewiesen

bettelarm

ärmlich

armselig

mittellos

Bettler

landlos

verwaist

Bedürftige

schutzlos

mittelloss

verarmt

verelendet

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈniːdi/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English nedy, nedi (“necessitous”), from Old English nēdiġ, *nīediġ ("of need, obligated, compelled"; found in the derivative nīediġnes (“obligation”)), from Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (“of need, forced, compelled”), equivalent to need + -y. Cognate with Scots nedy, neidy (“needy, necessitous, impoverished”), Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”), Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”), West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”), Dutch nodig (“necessary”), Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”), German nötig (“necessary, needful”), Danish nødig (“necessary”), Swedish nödig (“necessary”), Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”).