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What is the difference between gebrauchen and brauchen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between gebrauchen and brauchen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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gebrauchen = to need sth or to use sth; but it's not often used in that context anymore. The only time we say that is: das kann ich noch gebrauchen which means i can still use that
brauchen also means to need sth and its way more common
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@MichaelHuy it's really confusing and I'm bad at explaining ahhaha i'm sorry what i mean is brauchen means to need sth and gebrauchen is an old saying for to use or need sth we don't really use that anymore
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