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Bavarian
Alternative forms
- miaßn (alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Middle High German muozen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan.
Pronunciation
Verb
miassn (past participle gmiasst or miassn)
- (auxiliary) must, to have to
Usage notes
- gmiasst is the common perfect participle in West Central Bavaria and Southern Bavaria and miassn in East Central Bavaria.
- Miassn can express the necessity of doing something, but also the moral duty. Soin expresses moral duty or the suggestion that something ought to be done. Both verbs can express a duty imposed by someone else. In this case miassn is stronger than soin, implying that the imposing person has some kind of power to make the other really do it.
Conjugation