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Modalverben: müssen, dürfen, wollen, sollen, mögen

Modal verbs: must, may, want, should, like

Kartoffel · your teacher

Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.

From what you know

Ich möchte heute kochen.Ich muss heute kochen.

6 parts · about 5 min

1What & when

In one line

In a statement: second, other verb last. ich muss, er muss: no ending.

Before

Ich trenne den Müll.

Watch the sentence change …

muss takes , with no ending for ich. trenne goes to the very end as trennen.

„Ich muss den Müll trennen.“ — I have to separate the rubbish.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

are helper verbs. They add a meaning to another verb, like must, may or want. You already know möchten and können. Five more complete the family. müssen is must or have to, and dürfen is may or be allowed to. wollen is want to, sollen is be supposed to, and mögen is like.

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

Regeln & PläneRules and plans are full of them. You read them in the house rules (). You ask at a language school (). The doctor gives advice (). And you make plans with your flatmate ().

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