"müssen" meaning in German

See müssen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmʏsən/, [ˈmʏsən], [ˈmʏsn̩] Audio: De-müssen.ogg , De-at-müssen.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German muozen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan. The closeness to the original diphthong can for example still be seen in the Bavarian first and third person singular, where one says I muas (I must) or Ea/Si/Es muas (He/she/it must). Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|muozen}} Middle High German muozen, {{inh|de|goh|muozan}} Old High German muozan, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*mōtan}} Proto-West Germanic *mōtan Head templates: {{de-verb|müssen<pretpres.muss#musste,gemusst,müsste>}} müssen (preterite-present, third-person singular present muss, past tense musste, past participle gemusst, past subjunctive müsste, auxiliary haben) Inflection templates: {{de-conj|müssen<pretpres.muss#musste,gemusst,müsste>}} Forms: muss [present, singular, third-person], musste [past], gemusst [participle, past], müsste [past, subjunctive], haben [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], müssen [infinitive], müssend [participle, present], gemusst [participle, past], muss [first-person, indicative, present, singular], müssen [first-person, indicative, plural, present], müsse [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], müssen [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], musst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], müsst [indicative, plural, present, second-person], müssest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], müsset [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], muss [indicative, present, singular, third-person], müssen [indicative, plural, present, third-person], müsse [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], müssen [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], musste [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], mussten [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], müsste [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], müssten [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], musstest [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], musstet [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], müsstest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], müsstet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], musste [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], mussten [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], müsste [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], müssten [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], - [imperative, singular], - [imperative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe gemusst [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben gemusst [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe gemusst [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben gemusst [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest gemusst [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet gemusst [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe gemusst [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben gemusst [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte gemusst [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten gemusst [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte gemusst [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten gemusst [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest gemusst [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet gemusst [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hatte gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], hatten gemusst [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], hätte gemusst [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], hätten gemusst [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], müssen werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde müssen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden müssen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde müssen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden müssen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde müssen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden müssen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst müssen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet müssen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird müssen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden müssen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden müssen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], gemusst haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde gemusst haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden gemusst haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde gemusst haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden gemusst haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde gemusst haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden gemusst haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst gemusst haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet gemusst haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird gemusst haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden gemusst haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden gemusst haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive → “müssen” replaces the past participle) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). Tags: auxiliary, preterite-present
    Sense id: en-müssen-de-verb-wPwcJCSR
  2. (intransitive, with past participle “gemusst”) to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. Tags: intransitive, preterite-present
    Sense id: en-müssen-de-verb-MuUhca8i
  3. (colloquial, euphemistic) to need to go to the bathroom. Tags: colloquial, euphemistic, preterite-present
    Sense id: en-müssen-de-verb-8BsnFe2b Categories (other): German euphemisms, German entries with incorrect language header, German verbs using haben as auxiliary, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 91 Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 28 28 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: durchmüssen, wegmüssen, weitermüssen, zurückmüssen

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "durchmüssen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wegmüssen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "weitermüssen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zurückmüssen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "muozen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German muozen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "muozan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German muozan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*mōtan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mōtan",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German muozen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan.\nThe closeness to the original diphthong can for example still be seen in the Bavarian first and third person singular, where one says I muas (I must) or Ea/Si/Es muas (He/she/it must).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "muss",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musste",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gemusst",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsste",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muss",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsset",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muss",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mussten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musstest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musstet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsstest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsstet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mussten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müsste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hast gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habt gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habest gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habet gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hat gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hattest gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hattet gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättest gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättet gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten gemusst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "müssen werden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde müssen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden müssen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest müssen",
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      "form": "hat gemusst",
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      "form": "hatte gemusst",
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      "form": "hatten gemusst",
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      "form": "hattest gemusst",
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      "form": "müssen werden",
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      "form": "wirst müssen",
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      "form": "werdet müssen",
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      "form": "würdest müssen",
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      "form": "gemusst haben werden",
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      "form": "werde gemusst haben",
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    {
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      "form": "würde gemusst haben",
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    {
      "form": "werden gemusst haben",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "english": "We must do it.",
          "text": "Wir müssen es machen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We need not do it. / We do not need to do it.",
          "text": "Wir müssen es nicht machen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I had to do it.",
          "text": "Ich musste es machen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something)."
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          "müssen"
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        "(auxiliary, with an infinitive → “müssen” replaces the past participle) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something)."
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        "preterite-present"
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        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Yes, I must.",
          "text": "Ja, ich muss.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Yes, I had to.",
          "text": "Ja, ich habe gemusst.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gemusst",
          "gemusst"
        ],
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ],
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ],
        [
          "obliged",
          "obliged"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with past participle “gemusst”) to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with past participle “gemusst”"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "preterite-present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German euphemisms",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I have to go (to the bathroom).",
          "text": "Ich muss mal.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to need to go to the bathroom."
      ],
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        [
          "need",
          "need"
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          "go to the bathroom",
          "go to the bathroom"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, euphemistic) to need to go to the bathroom."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "euphemistic",
        "preterite-present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʏsən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʏsən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʏsn̩]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "müssen"
}

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