No. 741 in Norwegian
trengte
"Trengte" means "needed" in English.
In a sentence
Han trengte en pause etter å ha jobbet hele dagen.
He needed a break after working all day.
Here, 'trengte' is used as the past tense of 'å trenge' (to need), indicating that the subject needed something in the past.
De trengte å snakke med lærerinnen umiddelbart.
They needed to talk to the teacher immediately.
In this example, 'trengte' is again the past tense of 'å trenge', referring to a need or necessity that occurred in the past.
Hun trengte ikke hjelp likevel.
She did not need help after all.
The word 'trengte' is used negatively here, coupled with 'ikke', to denote an absence of need in the past.
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