how to pronounce девать

/dʲɪˈvatʲ/

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девать is pronounced in two syllables

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dʲ

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tʲ

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An example use of девать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… его надо куда-то девать либо сжигать в …”

meanings of девать

verb:

To put, to place.
To do with.
To leave, to mislay.

девать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word девать occurs in russian on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.