"Är det nödvändigt?"

Translation: Is it necessary?

[dddanilo]

nödvändig - notwendig (German) :D

[Ninon.de.Lenclos]

Yes, love it!

[Silsool]

Any tips on ways to remember this term?

[NiggyFreak]

If you speak German you can associate it to 'Notwendig'

[Silsool]

Alas I don't :(

[ursulaural]

nöd = need, -vändigt is I expect a common adjective word particle

[CedSgm7N]

Isn't 'behov' the word for need ????

[devalanteriel]

There are multiple. :) But yeah, behov is a lot more common.

[CedSgm7N]

THANKS!

[potatoeglot]

Is "nödvändigt" the regular form of this word or is it the "ett-word" form? I'm just wondering since most of the adjectives I see with "Är det" end with "t".

[Lundgren8]

It’s indeed the ett-form. You can read more here

[bigswedeej]

Är den nödvändig? Yes?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, if you're talking about a specific common-gender noun.

[Beckeli]

I suspected an Interstellar reference ever since the previous "Is it possible?" example. Now I'm convinced. I'm on to you, Duolingo!

[Rickymonster]

And the opposite: onödig (unnecessary). The o- prefix is a dead give awy.

[dcpetit]

Anyone know the etymology of nödvändigt?

[devalanteriel]

It's from the German notwendig, formed from Not meaning distress or crisis, and wendig meaning versatile or flexible.

We have nöd as a separate noun with the same meaning as Not, but vändig only really exists as a part of a few other words in modern Swedish.

[DanKortsch]

"Nöd"/"not" have the same root as the English "need".

[devalanteriel]

And possibly also "narwhal". :)

[Linguist-wannabe]

Should I pronounce it as nödvän-dej-t, as jag gillar -dig- is?

[Arnauti]

No, it's only the pronouns mig, dig, sig that have this strange pronunciation.

[ClausMicha2]

My translation for this should have been 'Isn't it necessary?

[devalanteriel]

That would have been Är det inte nödvändigt?

[DanKortsch]

Why is "It is needed" not accepted. This sentence means the same thing as "It is necessary".

[devalanteriel]

Often, yes, but this is a question - "is it?", not "it is".

[Ania636260]

I just started to learn swedish again