| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | nood |
| Danish | behov |
|---|---|
| Dutch | behoefte; nood |
| English | need |
| Esperanto | bezono |
| German | Bedarf; Bedürfnis; Erfordernis |
| Italian | bisogno; fabbisogno |
| Malay | keperluan |
| Portuguese | precisão |
| Saterland Frisian | Bedarf |
| Scottish Gaelic | feum |
| Spanish | necesidad |
| Swahili | haja |
| Swedish | behov; förnödenhet |
| Thai | ความต้องการ |