moeten

(Engels)

  1. (intransitive) to be necessary, to be required
  2. (auxiliary) to have to, must
  3. (auxiliary) should, be meant to, be supposed to
  4. (intransitive) to have to go, to need to go, must go
  5. (informal, intransitive) to need to go to the toilet

Tegenovergesteld aan
niet hoeven
Frequentie

A1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈmutə(n)/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle Dutch moeten, from Old Dutch muotan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with English mote (“may, might”). Unrelated to -moeten in ontmoeten.

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