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verb · A1

müssen

[ˈmʏsn̩]

must, to have to

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es muss What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es musste The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gemusst The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Phrases With This Word

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich mussmusstehabe gemusst
du musstmusstesthast gemusst
er/sie/es mussmusstehat gemusst
wir müssenmusstenhaben gemusst
ihr müsstmusstethabt gemusst
sie/Sie müssenmusstenhaben gemusst
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gemusstwerde müssenwerde gemusst haben
du hattest gemusstwirst müssenwirst gemusst haben
er/sie/es hatte gemusstwird müssenwird gemusst haben
wir hatten gemusstwerden müssenwerden gemusst haben
ihr hattet gemusstwerdet müssenwerdet gemusst haben
sie/Sie hatten gemusstwerden müssenwerden gemusst haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich müsste
du müsstest
er/sie/es müsste
wir müssten
ihr müsstet
sie/Sie müssten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

How the Word Is Built

müss root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

das Muss

In Otti's situations: Otti can and must

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