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Müssen conjugation.
müssen means “must” or “have to”.
muss · musste · hat gemusst
The present, the Präteritum and the Perfekt in the third person. The chart has all six persons.
| Person | Present | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | muss | musste | habe gemusst |
| du | musst | musstest | hast gemusst |
| er/sie/es | muss | musste | hat gemusst |
| wir | müssen | mussten | haben gemusst |
| ihr | müsst | musstet | habt gemusst |
| sie/Sie | müssen | mussten | haben gemusst |
Good to know
What the chart does not show.
With another verb, the Perfekt takes the infinitive in place of the participle: Er hat kommen müssen. In speech the Präteritum is the usual past: Er musste kommen.
In sentences
Müssen in use.
The 5 sentences the course uses for müssen, each with its recording.
Warum musst du schon gehen?
Why do you have to go already?
Wir müssen auch gehen.
We have to go as well.
Du musst das nicht machen.
You don't have to do that.
Er musste am Montag zum Arzt.
He had to go to the doctor on Monday.
Ich muss jetzt arbeiten.
I must work now.
Continue in the course
Add lessons and scheduled reviews.
In the course, you learn müssen in a lesson, review it on a schedule, and practice its forms once you know it.
The forms and sentences come from the Wortplay course. Its vocabulary draws on the Ding dictionary and on frequency data from wordfreq; audio is generated German speech. About the sources.