þurfa

From Old Norse þurfa, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθʏrva/

  Rhymes: -ʏrva

þurfa (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative þarf, third-person singular past indicative þurfti, supine þurft)

1. (with accusative or genitive) to require, to need ^syn.
2. (with accusative) to have to ^syn.

   Þú þarft ekki að hitta mig.

   You don't need to see me.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (need ^def.): þarfnast
• (have to ^def.): verða

• þurfa á að halda

From Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.

þurfa

1. to need

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• þurfamaðr m (“poor man, needy person”)
• þurfandi m
• þurfi, þurfa (“wanting; in need of”)
• þurfsamr (“helping”)

• þurft f
• þǫrf f

• Icelandic: þurfa
• Faroese: tørva, tarva
• Norwegian: turva, turve
• Old Swedish: þorva, þarva
  • Swedish: torva (archaic), Swedish: tarva (archaic)
• Danish: tarve