Preterite / Präteritum of the German verb müssen

The Preterite / Präteritum tense conjugations for the German verb müssen, along with their English translations.

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich musste	I had to
du musstest	you had to
er musste	he had to
sie musste	she had to
wir mussten	we had to
ihr musstet	you had to
sie mussten	they had to

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