German reference

müssen

to have to, must

Irregular · 12 form tables

Includes indicative, subjunctive I and II, and imperative forms. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.

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Indicative

müssen: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I have to
du	you have to
er/sie/es	he/she/it has to
wir	we have to
ihr	you (plural) have to
sie/Sie	they have to; you (formal) have to

müssen: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I had to; I have had to
du	you had to; you have had to
er/sie/es	he/she/it had to; he/she/it has had to
wir	we had to; we have had to
ihr	you (plural) had to; you (plural) have had to
sie/Sie	they had to; they have had to; you (formal) had to; you (formal) have had to

müssen: Past perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I had had to
du	you had had to
er/sie/es	he/she/it had had to
wir	we had had to
ihr	you (plural) had had to
sie/Sie	they had had to; you (formal) had had to

müssen: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will have to
du	you will have to
er/sie/es	he/she/it will have to
wir	we will have to
ihr	you (plural) will have to
sie/Sie	they will have to; you (formal) will have to

müssen: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I will have had to
du	you will have had to
er/sie/es	he/she/it will have had to
wir	we will have had to
ihr	you (plural) will have had to
sie/Sie	they will have had to; you (formal) will have had to

müssen: Subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(that) I have to
du	(that) you have to
er/sie/es	(that) he/she/it has to
wir	(that) we have to
ihr	(that) you (plural) have to
sie/Sie	(that) they have to; (that) you (formal) have to

müssen: Subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would have to
du	you would have to
er/sie/es	he/she/it would have to
wir	we would have to
ihr	you (plural) would have to
sie/Sie	they would have to; you (formal) would have to

müssen: Past subjunctive II
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would have had to
du	you would have had to
er/sie/es	he/she/it would have had to
wir	we would have had to
ihr	you (plural) would have had to
sie/Sie	they would have had to; you (formal) would have had to

müssen: Would form
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	I would have to
du	you would have to
er/sie/es	he/she/it would have to
wir	we would have to
ihr	you (plural) would have to
sie/Sie	they would have to; you (formal) would have to

müssen: Past subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I have had to
du	(reportedly) you have had to
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it has had to
wir	(reportedly) we have had to
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) have had to
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they have had to; (reportedly) you (formal) have had to

müssen: Future subjunctive I
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
ich	(reportedly) I will have to
du	(reportedly) you will have to
er/sie/es	(reportedly) he/she/it will have to
wir	(reportedly) we will have to
ihr	(reportedly) you (plural) will have to
sie/Sie	(reportedly) they will have to; (reportedly) you (formal) will have to

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