Dutch reference

moeten

must; have to

Irregular · 9 form tables

Dutch forms with separate jij and u rows. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

Present

moeten: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I have to
jij	you have to
u	you (formal) have to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it has to
wij	we have to
jullie	you (plural) have to
zij	they have to

Simple past

moeten: Simple past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I had to
jij	you had to
u	you (formal) had to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it had to
wij	we had to
jullie	you (plural) had to
zij	they had to

Compound past

moeten: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I had to; I have had to
jij	you had to; you have had to
u	you (formal) had to; you (formal) have had to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it had to; he/she/it has had to
wij	we had to; we have had to
jullie	you (plural) had to; you (plural) have had to
zij	they had to; they have had to

Past perfect

moeten: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I had had to
jij	you had had to
u	you (formal) had had to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it had had to
wij	we had had to
jullie	you (plural) had had to
zij	they had had to

Future (zullen)

moeten: Future (zullen)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I will have to
jij	you will have to
u	you (formal) will have to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it will have to
wij	we will have to
jullie	you (plural) will have to
zij	they will have to

Question (jij)

moeten: Question (jij)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
jij	do you have to?

Future perfect

moeten: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I will have had to
jij	you will have had to
u	you (formal) will have had to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it will have had to
wij	we will have had to
jullie	you (plural) will have had to
zij	they will have had to

Conditional

Conditional

moeten: Conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I should; I would have to
jij	you should; you would have to
u	you (formal) should; you (formal) would have to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it should; he/she/it would have to
wij	we should; we would have to
jullie	you (plural) should; you (plural) would have to
zij	they should; they would have to

Conditional perfect

moeten: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ik	I would have had to
jij	you would have had to
u	you (formal) would have had to
hij/zij/het	he/she/it would have had to
wij	we would have had to
jullie	you (plural) would have had to
zij	they would have had to

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Past participle

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