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müssen

must / to have toModalA1Stem change: ü→u (sg.)
müssen – Present
PersonForm
ichImuss (stem-changing form)
duyou (informal)musst (stem-changing form)
er/sie/eshe / she / itmuss (stem-changing form)
wirwemüssen
ihryou (plural)müsst
sie/Siethey / you (formal)müssen

✱ stem-changing form

Good to know

Modal verb: ich and er/sie/es have the same form (muss); the umlaut is lost in the singular.

Example

Du musst heute arbeiten.

You have to work today.