| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | dev·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | devas |
| Past tense | devis |
| Future tense | devos |
| Conditional mood | |
| devus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| devu | |
| Active participles | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | devanta |
| Past tense | devinta |
| Future tense | devonta |
| Afrikaans | moet |
|---|---|
| Catalan | haver de |
| Danish | måtte; skulle |
| Dutch | behoren; dienen; horen; moeten; motten; moet; zullen; hebben |
| English | be obliged; be obliged to; have to; must; need; ought to; should; be to |
| English (Old English) | sculan |
| Faeroese | noyðast; skula |
| Finnish | täytyä |
| French | avoir à; devoir; être obligé |
| German | müssen; sollen; dürfen; haben |
| Hungarian | kell; kötelező; muszáj |
| Jamaican Patois | afi |
| Kabylian | ssefk |
| Low German | möäten |
| Luxemburgish | missen |
| Malay | harus |
| Papiamento | mester; mesté |
| Polish | musieć |
| Portuguese | dever; ter a obrigação; ter de; ter que |
| Russian | <должен> |
| Saterland Frisian | moute; skälle |
| Scots | maun; hae tae |
| Spanish | deber; tener que |
| Sranan | abi fu; musu |
| Swedish | böra; må; måste |
| Thai | ควร; ต้อง; พึง |
| West Frisian | moatte |