Dutch reference
hoeven
to need to (usually negative)
Regular · 9 form tables
Dutch forms with separate jij and u rows. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I need to |
| jij | you need to |
| u | you (formal) need to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it needs to |
| wij | we need to |
| jullie | you (plural) need to |
| zij | they need to |
Simple past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I needed to |
| jij | you needed to |
| u | you (formal) needed to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it needed to |
| wij | we needed to |
| jullie | you (plural) needed to |
| zij | they needed to |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I needed to; I have needed to |
| jij | you needed to; you have needed to |
| u | you (formal) needed to; you (formal) have needed to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it needed to; he/she/it has needed to |
| wij | we needed to; we have needed to |
| jullie | you (plural) needed to; you (plural) have needed to |
| zij | they needed to; they have needed to |
Past perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I had needed to |
| jij | you had needed to |
| u | you (formal) had needed to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it had needed to |
| wij | we had needed to |
| jullie | you (plural) had needed to |
| zij | they had needed to |
Future (zullen)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I will need to |
| jij | you will need to |
| u | you (formal) will need to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it will need to |
| wij | we will need to |
| jullie | you (plural) will need to |
| zij | they will need to |
Question (jij)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| jij | do you need to? |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I will have needed to |
| jij | you will have needed to |
| u | you (formal) will have needed to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it will have needed to |
| wij | we will have needed to |
| jullie | you (plural) will have needed to |
| zij | they will have needed to |
Conditional
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I would need to |
| jij | you would need to |
| u | you (formal) would need to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it would need to |
| wij | we would need to |
| jullie | you (plural) would need to |
| zij | they would need to |
Conditional perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I would have needed to |
| jij | you would have needed to |
| u | you (formal) would have needed to |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it would have needed to |
| wij | we would have needed to |
| jullie | you (plural) would have needed to |
| zij | they would have needed to |
Additional forms
- Infinitive with te
- Past participle
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