behøve

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German behôven, from Old Saxon *bihōvōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōfōn.

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • IPA(key): /beˈhøːˀvə/, [b̥eˈhøˀʋə], [peˈhøˀʊ]

Verb[edit]

behøve (past tense behøvede, past participle behøvet)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German behôven, from Old Saxon *bihōvōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōfōn.

Verb[edit]

behøve (present tense behøver, passive behøves, simple past behøvde, past participle behøvd, present participle behøvende)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German behôven, from Old Saxon *bihōvōn, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōfōn.

Verb[edit]

behøve

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