A2Grammar
Er hätte es wissen müssen.
He should have known it.
In German
Er hätte es wissen müssen.
Er het-tuh es vis-sen muess-sen.
🇬🇧 English
He should have known it.
🇪🇸 Español
Él debería haberlo sabido.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Avrebbe dovuto saperlo.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| hätte | would have | Auxiliary verb (Konjunktiv II of haben) |
| es | it | Pronoun |
| wissen | known | Verb (Infinitive) |
| müssen | had to | Modal verb (Infinitive) |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv II (Past) with modal verbs for unfulfilled obligations/expectations
Variations
Er müsste es gewusst haben.
He must have known it. (stronger assumption)
Er sollte es gewusst haben.
He should have known it.
Related
He said he would take care of that tomorrow.
Er sagte, er werde das morgen erledigen.
Er sag-tuh, er ver-duh das mor-gen er-leh-dee-gen.
It would be nice if you could visit us.
Es wäre schön, wenn du uns besuchen könntest.
Es veh-ruh shoen, ven doo uns be-zoo-khen koen-test.
One should go to the cinema again sometime.
Man müsste mal wieder ins Kino gehen.
Man muess-tuh mal vee-der ins kee-no geh-en.