benötigen
German, verb/bəˈnøːtɪɡən/
benötigen is spelled B-E-N-Ö-T-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Benötigen is a German verb meaning “to need, to require” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (Akkusativ) haben müssen, um ein bestimmtes Ziel erreichen zu können”.
What does benötigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to need, to require
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (Akkusativ) haben müssen, um ein bestimmtes Ziel erreichen zu können 2. Zeit oder auch andere Ressourcen in Anspruch nehmen
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 benötigen
- benötigt present singular third-person
- benötigte past
- haben auxiliary
- benötigend participle present
- benötige first-person indicative present
- benötigst indicative present second-person
- benötigest second-person singular subjunctive
- benötiget plural second-person subjunctive
- benötigten first-person indicative plural
- benötigtest indicative preterite second-person
- benötigtet indicative plural preterite
- benötig imperative second-person singular
- habe benötigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben benötigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- benötige! imperative singular
- benötig! imperative singular
- benötigt! imperative plural
- benötigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce benötigen?
- /bəˈnøːtɪɡən/
- Germany [bəˈnøːtʰɪɡŋ̍]
- /b̥eˈnøːtɪɡ̊ɛn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to benötigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is benötigen in German?
benötigen appears 14 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).