mussten

Meaning

first/third-person plural preterite of müssen

müssen

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

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmʊstn̩/

Sentences

Zweitens mussten die Minen aufgegeben werden .

Secondly, the mines had to be abandoned.

Gleichzeitig mussten Soldaten rekrutiert und den Streitkräften zur Verfügung gestellt werden .

At the same time, soldiers had to be recruited and made available to the armed forces.

Die Blades mussten ihre ersten fünf Spiele auswärts bestreiten , die alle verloren gingen .

The Blades had to play their first five games away, all of which were lost.