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     Table of Contents Chapter 21 21.2.6. nicht brauchen = not need to
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Chapter 21: modal verbs

  21.2.6 nicht brauchen = not need to

  brauchen = to need
Brauchen is normally not a modal verb in German. It is a normal full verb meaning to need.
  Ich brauche eine Hose.
= I need some trousers.
 
But nicht brauchen is used as a modal verb to express not need to / not have to
  Du brauchst es nicht zu machen, wenn du nicht willst.
= You don't need to do it, if you don't want it.
= You don't have to do it, if you don't want it.
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