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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
mussen
- plural of mus
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German muozen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan.
Pronunciation
Verb
mussen (third-person singular present muss, preterite musst, past participle gemusst or missten, past subjunctive misst, auxiliary verb hunn)
- must, to have to
Usage notes
- The alternative past participle missten is quite often used instead of an expected infinitive in perfect subjunctive constructions with another infinitive. Thus: Dat hätt ech misste maachen (“I should have done that.”) alongside more regular: Dat hätt ech musse maachen.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Noun
mussen
- definite singular of musse