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Top 500adjective

ну́жный

[ˈnuʐnɨj]necessary, needed

Frequency rank #128 About 1 in every 1,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
нужный #128

Meaning

  1. necessary, needed
  2. right, proper, relevant, appropriate, desired

Examples

Мне ну́жен слова́рь.

I need a dictionary.

Мне нужна́ ва́ша по́мощь.

I need your help.

Forms by frequency

  • ну́жноneuter, short form#69
  • нужна́feminine, short form#283
  • ну́женmasculine, short form#286
  • нужны́plural, short form#447
  • ну́жнымdative, plural#8,251
  • ну́жноеnominative, neuter#10,708
  • ну́жныйnominative, masculine#11,832
  • ну́жныеnominative, plural#12,432
  • ну́жнуюaccusative, feminine#16,207
  • ну́жногоgenitive#17,426
  • ну́жномprepositional#17,943
  • ну́жныхgenitive, plural#22,539
  • ну́жнойgenitive, feminine#26,196
  • ну́жнаяnominative, feminine#40,218

and 3 more forms

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeну́жные
Genitiveну́жных
Dativeну́жным
Accusativeну́жных
Instrumentalну́жными
Prepositionalну́жных

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