should

Bedeutung

1. Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
2. Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
3. (informal) Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
4. Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.
5. Ought to; expressing expectation.
6. Ought to; expressing expectation.
7. Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
8. simple past of shall
9. An alternative to would with first person subjects.
10. An alternative to would with first person subjects.
11. An alternative to would with first person subjects.

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ʃʊd/

Etymologie

From Middle English scholde, from Old English sċolde, first and third person preterite form of sċulan (“should,” “have to,” “to owe”), the ancestor of English shall. By surface analysis, shall + -ed. Cognate with German sollte, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (skulda). Related to Middle English shild and shildy.

Verwandt mit Englisch

shall

Verwandt mit Deutsch

sollen

Neu

shall

Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.
Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.
(obsolete) To owe.

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