ortPlayVerb 48 of 100 · Modal verb · Perfekt with haben
Sollen conjugation.
sollen means “should”, “be supposed to” or “be said to”.
soll · sollte · hat gesollt
The present, the Präteritum and the Perfekt in the third person. The chart has all six persons.
| Person | Present | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | soll | sollte | habe gesollt |
| du | sollst | solltest | hast gesollt |
| er/sie/es | soll | sollte | hat gesollt |
| wir | sollen | sollten | haben gesollt |
| ihr | sollt | solltet | habt gesollt |
| sie/Sie | sollen | sollten | haben gesollt |
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 sollen. In speech the Präteritum is the usual past: Er sollte kommen.
In sentences
Sollen in use.
The 3 sentences the course uses for sollen, each with its recording.
Das hättest du sehen sollen!
You should have seen it!
Wie soll denn das gehen?
How would that work?
Dadurch sollen Unfälle verhindert werden.
The purpose of this is to prevent accidents.
Continue in the course
Add lessons and scheduled reviews.
In the course, you learn sollen 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.