hoeven
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦufə(n)/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uvən
Etymology 1
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
hoeven
- (intransitive) to be necessary
- (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.
- (transitive, with maar) to need
- Ik hoef er maar twee.
- I only need two (of them).
- (intransitive, euphemistic) to need to urinate or defecate, to need to go
Inflection
| Inflection of hoeven (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hoeven | |||
| past singular | hoefde | |||
| past participle | gehoefd | |||
| infinitive | hoeven | |||
| gerund | hoeven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hoef | hoefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hoeft | 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 | gehoefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
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