hoeven

Etymology 1
Unclear. Cognates are attested much more sparsely, and later, than those of the prefixed form. It therefore appears that is a back-formation from.

Verb

 * 1)  To be necessary.
 * 2)  To need to, to have to.
 * 3)  To need.
 * 4)  To need to urinate or defecate, to need to go
 * 1)  To need.
 * 2)  To need to urinate or defecate, to need to go
 * 1)  To need to urinate or defecate, to need to go

Usage notes
Whenever a finite form of hoeven introduces a verb phrase, te is inserted before the first verb in the verb phrase.

As an auxiliary verb, hoeven is almost always negated (by or ), or belittled (by adverbs such as  or ).