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Conjugation of the German verb müssen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb müssen, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
müssen	to have to

Present		Scored
ich muss	I have to
du musst	you have to
er muss	he has to
sie muss	she has to
wir müssen	we have to
ihr müsst	you have to
sie müssen	they have to

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

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe gemusst	I had to
du hast gemusst	you had to
er hat gemusst	he had to
es hat gemusst	she had to
wir haben gemusst	we had to
ihr habt gemusst	you had to
sie haben gemusst	they had to

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte gemusst	I had had to
du hattest gemusst	you had had to
er hatte gemusst	he had had to
es hatte gemusst	she had had to
wir hatten gemusst	we had had to
ihr hattet gemusst	you had had to
sie hatten gemusst	they had had to

Future		Scored
ich werde müssen	I will have to
du wirst müssen	you will have to
er wird müssen	he will have to
sie wird müssen	she will have to
wir werden müssen	we will have to
ihr werdet müssen	you will have to
sie werden müssen	they will have to

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde gemusst haben	I will have had to
du wirst gemusst haben	you will have had to
er wird gemusst haben	he will have had to
es wird gemusst haben	she will have had to
wir werden gemusst haben	we will have had to
ihr werdet gemusst haben	you will have had to
sie werden gemusst haben	they will have had to

Conditional		Scored
ich würde müssen	I would have to
du würdest müssen	you would have to
er würde müssen	he would have to
sie würde müssen	she would have to
wir würden müssen	we would have to
ihr würdet müssen	you would have to
sie würden müssen	they would have to

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte gemusst	I would have had to
du hättest gemusst	you would have had to
er hätte gemusst	he would have had to
es hätte gemusst	she would have had to
wir hätten gemusst	we would have had to
ihr hättet gemusst	you would have had to
sie hätten gemusst	they would have had to

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich müsste	I would have to
du müsstest	you would have to
er müsste	he would have to
sie müsste	she would have to
wir müssten	we would have to
ihr müsstet	you would have to
sie müssten	they would have to

Present Participle		Scored
müssend	having to

Past Participle		Scored
gemusst	had to

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