Synonyms: require, want
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /niːd/ |
| Hyphenation | need |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑯𐑰𐑛 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) need | (I) needed |
| (thou) needest | (thou) neededst, needst |
| (he) needs, needeth | (he) needed |
| (we) need | (we) needed |
| (you) need | (you) needed |
| (they) need | (they) needed |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) need | (I) needed |
| (thou) need | (thou) needed |
| (he) need | (he) needed |
| (we) need | (we) needed |
| (you) need | (you) needed |
| (they) need | (they) needed |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| needing | needed |
| Afrikaans | nodig hê |
|---|---|
| Catalan | necessitar |
| Danish | behøve; trænge til |
| Dutch | behoeven; nodig hebben |
| English (Old English) | þurfan |
| Esperanto | bezoni |
| Faeroese | tørva |
| Finnish | tarvita |
| French | avoir besoin de; réclamer; requérir |
| German | benötigen; brauchen; nötig haben; bedürfen; müssen |
| Hungarian | igényel |
| Italian | abbisognare; aver bisogno di |
| Latin | requirere |
| Luxemburgish | brauchen |
| Malay | perlu |
| Papiamento | mester |
| Polish | potrzebować |
| Portuguese | necessitar; precisar; ter necessidade de; ter precisão de |
| Russian | нуждаться |
| Saterland Frisian | benöödigje; bruuke; nöödich hääbe |
| Spanish | necesitar |
| Swedish | behöva |
| Thai | ต้องการ |