Need
"Need" in German
Bedarf
(something required)
Bedürfnis
(something required)
Not
(lack of means of subsistence)
Notwendigkeit
(something required)
benötigen
(to have an absolute requirement for)
brauchen
(to have an absolute requirement for)
brauchen
(to want strongly)
bruuche
(to have an absolute requirement for)
müssen
(to be obliged to)
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