"moet" meaning in Afrikaans

See moet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mut/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-moet.wav [South-Africa, Johannesburg] Forms: moete [plural], moets [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch moeten, from Middle Dutch moeten, from Old Dutch muotan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. The noun sense is a calque of English must. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|moeten}} Dutch moeten, {{inh|af|dum|moeten}} Middle Dutch moeten, {{inh|af|odt|muotan}} Old Dutch muotan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*mōtaną}} Proto-Germanic *mōtaną, {{calque|af|en|must|nocap=1}} calque of English must Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|moete|or|moets|||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} moet (plural moete or moets), {{af-noun|e|pl2=moets}} moet (plural moete or moets)
  1. a must
    Sense id: en-moet-af-noun-lfrN4ACk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

IPA: /mut/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-moet.wav [South-Africa, Johannesburg]
Head templates: {{head|af|preposition}} moet
  1. (Cape Afrikaans) alternative form of met Tags: Cape-Afrikaans, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: met
    Sense id: en-moet-af-prep-Ss0nD-rh Categories (other): Cape Afrikaans, Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 17 64 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /mut/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-moet.wav [South-Africa, Johannesburg] Forms: moet [present], moes [past]
Etymology: From Dutch moeten, from Middle Dutch moeten, from Old Dutch muotan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. The noun sense is a calque of English must. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|moeten}} Dutch moeten, {{inh|af|dum|moeten}} Middle Dutch moeten, {{inh|af|odt|muotan}} Old Dutch muotan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*mōtaną}} Proto-Germanic *mōtaną, {{calque|af|en|must|nocap=1}} calque of English must Head templates: {{af-verb}} moet (present moet, past moes)
  1. must Derived forms: moenie
    Sense id: en-moet-af-verb-QTewHhOV Categories (other): Afrikaans prepositions Disambiguation of Afrikaans prepositions: 25 21 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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