hoeven

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Binavkirî wek

hoe‧ven

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈɦuvə(n)/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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.