"Folket kræver rent vand."

Translation: The people demand clean water.

[ZL321]

Rightly so!

[Quaverman]

Who knew the people of Flint, Michigan used Duolingo

[ycUvuSap]

Hvad med "need"?

[AnCatDubh]

Is this a reference to Flint, Michigan?

[Tom66026]

Can "kræver" be translated to "Crave" or is "Crave" " Tørster" according to my quick search on the web? Tak.

[marieb73]

Can't you say "need" for kræver?

[Heithr]

"The people require clean water." is accepted, but not "The people need clean water." Does this mean that "behøver" and "kræver" are not synonyms in Danish?

[DragonNights]

"at kræve" means to demand/to call for/to insist on. So "folket" are active in saying what they want.
With "at behøve/have brug for" it is just a passive statement about the needs of the people.

According to my dictionary "require" covers both meanings, so there's some overlap depending on the sentence.

[BarbaraBro527163]

How about "the people require clean water"?

[Charlie-Thistle]

Why is "need" not accepted here?