hoeven
See also: Hoeven
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editUnclear. 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
edithoeven
- (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
Usage notes
editWhenever a finite form of hoeven introduces a verb phrase, te is inserted before the first verb in the verb phrase.
As an auxiliary verb, hoeven is almost always negated (by niet (“not”) or geen (“no”)), or belittled (by adverbs such as nauwelijks (“barely”) or zelden (“seldom”)).
Conjugation
editConjugation of hoeven (weak with strong past participle) | ||||
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infinitive | hoeven | |||
past singular | hoefde | |||
past participle | gehoeven | |||
infinitive | hoeven | |||
gerund | hoeven n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | hoef | hoefde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | hoeft, hoef2 | 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 | gehoeven | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Synonyms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
edithoeven
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
edithoeven
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