how to pronounce нужно

/ˈnuʐnə/

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нужно is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of нужно in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… долго и упорно, потому что нам не нужно, и у нас нет времени и …”

meanings of нужно

adjective:

Short neuter singular of ну́жный (núžnyj).
It is necessary, one must.

нужно frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word нужно occurs in russian on average 721.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.