bedürfen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bedürfen, bedurfen, from Old High German bidurfan (“need, require”). By surface analysis, be- + dürfen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bedürfen (preterite-present, third-person singular present bedarf, past tense bedurfte, past participle bedurft, past subjunctive bedürfte, auxiliary haben)
- (formal) to require, to need [with genitive ‘someone/something’]
- 2008 January 1, Wolfgang Büscher, “Die Stimmen von New York”, in Zeit Online[1]:
- Die junge und die alte Frau vermeiden es, auszusprechen, was keiner weiteren Worte bedarf nach dieser einen Silbe – ach.
- The young woman and the old one avoid uttering what requires no words beyond this one syllable: ach.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bedürfen (preterite-present, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | bedürfen | ||||
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present participle | bedürfend | ||||
past participle | bedurft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bedarf | wir bedürfen | i | ich bedürfe | wir bedürfen |
du bedarfst | ihr bedürft | du bedürfest | ihr bedürfet | ||
er bedarf | sie bedürfen | er bedürfe | sie bedürfen | ||
preterite | ich bedurfte | wir bedurften | ii | ich bedürfte1 | wir bedürften1 |
du bedurftest | ihr bedurftet | du bedürftest1 | ihr bedürftet1 | ||
er bedurfte | sie bedurften | er bedürfte1 | sie bedürften1 | ||
imperative | — | — |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of bedürfen (preterite-present, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
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