hoeven

Meaning

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

hoef

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Concepts

need

require

want

claim

necessitate

entail

involve

Synonyms

behoeven

nodig hebben

moeten

toe zijn aan

gebruiken

reclameren

Translations

brauchen

benötigen

réclamer

nötig haben

avoir besoin de

requérir

precisar

necesitar

necessitar

aver bisogno

müssen

aver bisogno di

être obligé de

bedürfen

être nécessaire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɦuvə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *hoeven, of uncertain origin and formation. Cognates, such as Middle Low German hö̂ven (“to require, need”) and West Frisian hoeve (“to need, want”), are attested much more sparsely, and later, than those of the prefixed forms (e.g. Dutch behoeven). It therefore appears that hoeven is a back-formation from behoeven.