musste

Meaning

first/third-person singular preterite of müssen

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmʊstə/

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müssen

(auxiliary,preterite-present) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something).
(intransitive,preterite-present) to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged.
(colloquial,euphemistic,preterite-present) to need to go to the bathroom.

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Sentences

Danach musste sie
👩

aber zehn
10

Monate auf den nächsten Einsatz warten .

After that, however, she had to wait ten months for the next assignment.

Diese musste vor einigen Jahren saniert werden .

This had to be renovated a few years ago.

Beim Flaschendrehen musste sie
👩

einen Typen küssen
😗

, den sie
👩

gar nicht kannte .

Turning the bottle, she had to kiss a guy she didn't even know.

Platz und musste ein
1

Jahr später als Vorletzter sogar in die Zweitklassigkeit absteigen .

Place and had to be relegated to second place a year later as the penultimate.

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