hoeven

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɦuvə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hoe‧ven
  • Rhymes: -uvən

Etymology 1

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Unclear. Cognates are attested much more sparsely, and later, than those of the prefixed form behoeven. It therefore appears that hoeven is a back-formation from behoeven.

Verb

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hoeven

  1. (intransitive) to be necessary
  2. (auxiliary, with te) To need to, to have to
    Je hoeft niet ver te zoeken.
    You don't have to seek far.
    Je hoeft het maar te vragen.
    You only need to ask it.
  3. (transitive, with maar) To need
    Ik hoef er maar twee.
    I only need two (of them).
  4. (intransitive, euphemistic) to need to urinate or defecate, to need to go
Usage notes
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Whenever a finite form of hoeven introduces a verb phrase, te is inserted before the first verb in the verb phrase.

As an auxiliary verb, hoeven is almost always negated (by niet (not) or geen (no)), or belittled (by adverbs such as nauwelijks (barely) or zelden (seldom)).

Conjugation
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Conjugation of hoeven (weak with strong past participle)
infinitive hoeven
past singular hoefde
past participle gehoeven
infinitive hoeven
gerund hoeven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hoef hoefde
2nd person sing. (jij) hoeft, hoef2 hoefde
2nd person sing. (u) hoeft hoefde
2nd person sing. (gij) hoeft hoefde
3rd person singular hoeft hoefde
plural hoeven hoefden
subjunctive sing.1 hoeve hoefde
subjunctive plur.1 hoeven hoefden
imperative sing. hoef
imperative plur.1 hoeft
participles hoevend gehoeven
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: hoef
  • Javindo: hoef

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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hoeven

  1. plural of hoef

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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hoeven

  1. plural of hoeve