Hassas ölçüm gerekiyor.

to be necessary

Breakdown of Hassas ölçüm gerekiyor.

• hassas: precise
• ölçüm: measurement

Questions & Answers about Hassas ölçüm gerekiyor.

What does the adjective hassas mean in this context?

hassas means “precise,” “accurate” or “sensitive.” In hassas ölçüm, it emphasizes that the measurement must be done with high precision or sensitivity.

Why is ölçüm used without any suffix or article?

Turkish doesn’t use an indefinite article like English “a.” Here ölçüm is the subject of the impersonal verb gerekmek, so it stays in its basic (nominative) form. You can optionally add bir for emphasis.

Is it correct to say Hassas bir ölçüm gerekiyor? How does that change the meaning?

Yes. Adding bir (“a”) makes it explicitly indefinite—“A precise measurement is needed”—but the overall meaning remains the same.

Why isn’t ölçüm in the dative case like ölçüme? I thought gerekmek takes the dative.

Unlike ihtiyacı olmak (“to have a need”), gerekmek is impersonal and treats the thing needed as the nominative subject. That’s why you say hassas ölçüm gerekiyor, not hassas ölçüme gerekiyor.

What’s the difference between using the verb gerekiyor and the adjective gerekli?