# need

> German word · Verb · IPA [niːd] · frequency rank #12,977

## Definitions
1. benötigen, brauchen, müssen

## Easily confused with
- **nie** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nie)
- **neu** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-neu)
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-new)
- **nen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nen)
- **net** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-net)
- **NPD** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-npd)
- **nes** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nes)
- **nel** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nel)
- **nid** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nid)
- **nei** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nei)
- **neue** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-neue)
- **nein** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nein)
- **Netz** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-netz)
- **neun** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-neun)
- **nett** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nett)
- **News** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-news)
- **Nord** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nord)
- **Nest** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nest)
- **nenn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-nenn)
- **next** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/need-vs-next)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ned`, `needd`, `nneed`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/need