notwendig

Meaning

necessary; essential; indispensable

Concepts

necessary

essential

required

needed

requisite

compulsory

indispensable

needful

needfull

mandatory

vital

needfully

necessitative

as a matter of course

natural

inevitable

imperative

have to

must

obligatory

necessarily

undispensable

𐑌𐐯𐑅𐐯𐑅𐐯𐑉𐐨

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnoːtˌvɛndɪç/
Etymology

An early modern German formation: Not (“need”) + wendig (“maneuverable, agile”), originally “necessary to avert the distress”, compare die Not abwenden.

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