No. 1,748 in Swedish

behövt

"Behövt" means "needed" in English.

In a sentence

Han hade inte behövt gå till affären idag.
He didn't need to go to the store today.
'Behövt' is used in past perfect tense to indicate something that was not necessary to do.
Om jag hade vetat det, hade jag inte behövt fråga.
If I had known that, I wouldn't have needed to ask.
'Behövt' is used in a conditional past perfect construction to describe a hypothetical scenario.
Vi har aldrig behövt oroa oss för sådant.
We have never needed to worry about such things.
'Behövt' is used in present perfect tense to describe something that has not been necessary up to this point.

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