musste Learn Unstarted Summary The German translation for “had to” is musste. Examples of "had to" in use There are 5 examples of the German word for "had to" being used: Recording English German Learn he had to er musste Learn I had to Ich musste Learn Yanni knew what he had to do. Yanni wusste, was er tun musste. Learn My jet needed refueling. Mein Jet musste aufgetankt werden. Learn The government had to alter its foreign policy. Die Regierung musste ihre Außenpolitik ändern. Learn Practice Lesson "had to" Practice (6) Lesson Learn Lesson words had to etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases he had to, I had to, My jet needed refueling., The government had to alter its foreign policy., Yanni knew what he had to do. etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 56 Part of Speech Courses Verbs 28 Acknowledgements Audio Google text-to-speech