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Bedürfnis — need in German

dasnounUnleveled
Pronunciation

/bəˈdʏrfnɪs/

Quick Facts

Gender

das

Plural

Bedürfnisse

Level

Unleveled

Frequency

59/100

Source Rank

#1,651

Example Sentences

Ich hatte das Bedürfnis, mich zu entschuldigen.

I felt the need to apologize.

Ich hatte das Bedürfnis, etwas zu tun.

I felt the need to do something.

Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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