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brauchen

to need

Ranks #183 by frequency — outside the core hundred, but common in everyday life.

Type
verb
Frequency rank
#183
Per million words
392

In a sentence

Ich brauche deine Hilfe.I need your help.

Conjugation

Present tense of brauchen, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.

ich — Ibrauche
du — youbrauchst
er/sie/es — he / she / itbraucht
wir — webrauchen
ihr — you (plural)braucht
sie — theybrauchen
Perfecthat gebraucht
Simple pastbrauchte

Forms its perfect tense with haben.

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