hoeven.
to be necessary
Meaning & usage
to be necessary
to need to, to have to
Je hoeft niet ver te zoeken.
Je hoeft het maar te vragen.
to need
Ik hoef er maar twee.
to need to urinate or defecate, to need to go
Where this word comes from
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.
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