Modal and Helping Verbs

sein

to be

ist (sein)

is

war (sein)

was / were

wäre (sein)

would be

haben

to have

hat (haben)

has / have

hatte (haben)

had

hätte (haben)

would have

werden

to become / will

wird (werden)

becomes / will

wurde (werden)

became / was

würde (werden)

would

können

can / to be able to

kann (können)

can

konnte (können)

could / was able to

könnte (können)

could / would be able to

müssen

must / to have to

muss (müssen)

must

musste (müssen)

had to

müsste (müssen)

would have to

dürfen

may / to be allowed to

darf (dürfen)

may / am allowed to

durfte (dürfen)

was allowed to

dürfte (dürfen)

might / would be allowed to

sollen

to be supposed to / should

soll (sollen)

am supposed to

sollte - Präteritum (sollen)

was supposed to

sollte - Konjunktiv II (sollen)

should / ought to

wollen

to want to

will (wollen)

want to

wollte - Präteritum (wollen)

wanted to

wollte - Konjunktiv II (wollen)

would want to

mögen

to like

mag (mögen)

like

mochte (mögen)

liked

möchte (mögen)

would like t