Bedürfnis
German, noun/bəˈdʏʁfnɪs/
Bedürfnis is spelled B-E-D-Ü-R-F-N-I-S (9 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedürfnis is a German neuter noun meaning “desire, urge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Wunsch oder das Verlangen nach etwas”.
What does Bedürfnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdesire, urge
- 2
neuterneed, necessity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Wunsch oder das Verlangen nach etwas 2. Empfindung eines Mangels, mit dem Bestreben, ihn zu beseitigen 3. die Notdurft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bedürfnis
- Bedürfnisses genitive
- Bedürfnisse plural
- Bedürfnissen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bedürfnis?
- /bəˈdʏʁfnɪs/
- [bəˈdʏʁfnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bedürfnis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bedürfnis in German?
Bedürfnis appears 9.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).