Expresses an obligation or confident conjecture, equivalent to English must, have to, should, ought, etc.
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ʾyt' /abāyēd/, “it is necessary, fitting; must”), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫏𐫅 (ʾbʾyd). Originally the third-person singular present of the verb بایستن (bāyistan /bâyestan, “to be necessary”), hence etymologically "it is necessary". The original verb is now obsolete except in a few conjugations, of which باید (bāyad /bâyad, “should;…
to be necessary, to be required · to have to, must · should, be meant to, be supposed to
çekim: geçmiş moesten · ortaç gemoeten · şimdiki moet · ulaç moetend
zıt: niet hoeven
köken: From Middle Dutch moeten, from Old Dutch muotan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with English must, German müssen (“must”), and English mote (“may, might”). Unrelated to -moeten in ontmoeten.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med-der. Proto-Germanic *mōtaną Proto-West Germanic *mōtan Old High German muozanbor. Old Czech musitibor. Old Polish musieć Polish musiećdeverb. Polish mus Deverbal from musieć.