This is the 1748th most frequent Swedish word.
behövt
"Behövt" means "needed" in English.
'Behövt' is used in past perfect tense to indicate something that was not necessary to do.
Han hade inte behövt gå till affären idag.
He didn't need to go to the store today.
'Behövt' is used in a conditional past perfect construction to describe a hypothetical scenario.
Om jag hade vetat det, hade jag inte behövt fråga.
If I had known that, I wouldn't have needed to ask.
'Behövt' is used in present perfect tense to describe something that has not been necessary up to this point.