brauchen — meaning in English

English meaning

• need noun A requirement for something essential or important.
• require verb To need something as essential.

Senses

brauchen is used for these senses in English:

• need (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
• need (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
• need (intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.
• require Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]

need — full definition

1. noun A requirement for something essential or important.
2. noun Poverty or lack of basic means of living.
3. verb To require something as essential.
4. verb To be obliged to do something.

require — full definition

1. verb To need something as essential.
2. verb To officially demand that someone do something.

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