Meaning

1 senses
  1. The primary driving force for most new inventions is a need.

    Not macht erfinderisch, Notwendigkeit ist die Mutter der Erfindung, Not bricht Eisen

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Necessity is the mother of all invention.

    deNot macht erfinderisch. — Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR

  2. He said that necessity is the mother of invention.

    deEr hat gesagt, dass Not erfinderisch macht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. It is aptly said that necessity is the mother of invention.

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. I am of the opinion that necessity is the mother of invention.

    deIch bin der Meinung, dass Not die Mutter der Erfindung ist. — BraveSentry

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the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need:
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