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    Difference between benötigen and brauchen ?
    007Junge
    Can someone please explain the difference between them and in which case to use them. Thank you in
    advance.

    4 years ago

    9 Comments

    christian MOD

    They're mostly interchangeable. "brauchen" is more common and "benötigen" is more formal.

    "brauchen" can also be used as a modal verb, but "benötigen" can't.

    Du brauchst das nicht (zu) machen = You don't have to/needn't do that

    In colloquial German, "zu" is often dropped.

    4 years ago

    Quanyails
    I'd say that "brauchen" = "need" and "benötigen" = "require".

    1 year ago
    ZL321 I realize that this is quite an old post, but I hope you don't mind if I ask: What about erfordern?

    1 year ago

    Jonas_Soe
    Erfordern means require. The difference can be subtle, but they can not always be used interchangably.
    For instance, orange juice requires oranges, but it doesn't really make sense to say that it needs oranges.

    1 year ago

    ZL321
    I see. So would you use erfordern in the case you described?

    1 year ago

    felipearcaro
    It helped me a lot, thanks!

    1 year ago

    ellablun
    I'm not exactly a linguist so I'm confused with this "can't be used as a modal verb". It seems that benötigen is
    a verb, and after looking up what modal verb is, benötigen sounds like one. it sets up the mood, does it
    not? Could you explain this in terms I can understand, when do I use benötigen?

    7 months ago

    p1t
    What about 'bedurfen'? How is it different from these two?

    2 years ago

    Semeltin 44

    bedürfen seems old-fashioned to me. You might find it in a scientific text "Es bedarf einer genaueren
    Analyse" and it means "to require".

    2 weeks ago
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