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
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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