miassn

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Bavarian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German muozen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

miassn (past participle gmiasst or miassn)

  1. (auxiliary) must, to have to

Usage notes[edit]

  • gmiasst is the common perfect participle in West Central Bavaria and Southern Bavaria and miassn in East Central Bavaria.
  • Miassn can express the necessity of doing something, but also the moral duty. Soin expresses moral duty or the suggestion that something ought to be done. Both verbs can express a duty imposed by someone else. In this case miassn is stronger than soin, implying that the imposing person has some kind of power to make the other really do it.

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