hoeven

Significado

Verb

1. (intransitive) to be necessary
2. (auxiliary) To need to, to have to
3. (transitive) To need
4. (euphemistic,intransitive) to need to urinate or defecate, to need to go

Noun

plural of hoef

Noun

plural of hoeve

Con guión como

hoe‧ven

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɦuvə(n)/

Etimología

Unclear. Cognates are attested much more sparsely, and later, than those of the prefixed form behoeven. It therefore appears that hoeven is a back-formation from behoeven.