Need

"Need" in Finnish

köyhyys

(lack of means of subsistence)

puute

(lack of means of subsistence)

syy

(something required)

tarve

(something required)

olla pakko

(to want strongly)

olla välttämätöntä

(to be required or necessary)

pitää

(to be obliged to)

pitää

(to be required or necessary)

tarvita

(to have an absolute requirement for)

tarvita

(to want strongly)

tarvita

(to be obliged to)

täytyä

(to be obliged to)

täytyä

(to be required or necessary)

vaatia

(to have an absolute requirement for)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.