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Frida und Bruno sprechen am Küchentisch über ihre unterschiedlichen Bedürfnisse im Verkehr. At the kitchen table, Frida and Bruno talk about their different needs on the road.

noun · B2

das Bedürfnis

[bəˈdʏʁfnɪs]

need

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Grammar

Plural
die Bedürfnisse In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Bedürfnis die Bedürfnisse
Accusative wen? was? das Bedürfnis die Bedürfnisse
Dative wem? dem Bedürfnis den Bedürfnissen
Genitive wessen? des Bedürfnisses der Bedürfnisse

How the Word Is Built

Be prefix dürf root nis suffix

be-
makes a verb take a direct object: zahlen (to pay) → die Rechnung bezahlen (to pay the bill).
-nis
a noun from a verb or an adjective: das Ergebnis (result).

Word family

dürfenbedürfenbedürftig

In Otti's situations: Frida and the traffic in Berlin

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