"Jeg behøver en ny bil."

Translation: I need a new car.

[Isla_Harlow]

Maybe this has been asked before, elsewhere, but is there a difference between "behøve" and "trenge"?

[fveldig]

When the meaning of 'å trenge' is 'to need', the two are interchangeable. 'Trenger' is undoubtedly more common.

[PookaGar]

My native-English-speaking gut reaction is that "behøver" must be related to "behoove", and has a shade of meaning like, "I really ought to," rather than, "I must." Please destroy this notion if it's totally wrong. :)

[fveldig]

According to Wiktionary they are indeed cognates. I think it's closer to "I really ought to" as well.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/behoove

[CaptainSeaweed]

What is another meaning for trenger?

[NerissaKis]

It's "behove", not "behoove", certainly in British English, and the verb construction is different: "It behoves her....", which is quite old-fashioned. I'm not disagreeing about whether the two ( Norwegian "behøve" and English "behove" ) are cognates or not. "Behoof" (archaic) is the noun, in English; "behove" is the transitive verb ,from OE "behofian".

[Slang67]

New female voice not pronouncing bil too well. Sounds like she's saying Bee.