sollen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sollen, from Middle French soller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔlə(n)/

• Audio:

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Verb

sollen

1. to throw back and forth (of a ball)
2. to play, to mess

   We laten niet met ons sollen!

   We won't let anyone mess with us!

Inflection

Conjugation of sollen (weak)
infinitive	sollen
past singular	solde
past participle	gesold
infinitive	sollen
gerund	sollen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	sol	solde
2nd person sing. (jij)	solt	solde
2nd person sing. (u)	solt	solde
2nd person sing. (gij)	solt	solde
3rd person singular	solt	solde
plural	sollen	solden
subjunctive sing.1	solle	solde
subjunctive plur.1	sollen	solden
imperative sing.	sol
imperative plur.1	solt
participles	sollend	gesold
1) Archaic.

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German sculan, skulan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Cognate with English shall and should, Dutch zullen, Danish skulle, Swedish skall and skulle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔlən/

• audio (Germany):

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• audio (Austria):

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Verb

1. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall

   Ich soll das machen. — “I should do that.”

   Ich sollte das nicht tun. — “I should not do it.”

2. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
3. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
4. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.

   Es soll da viele Leute geben. — “They say that there are many people there.”

5. (auxiliary, in a subordinate clause in the simple past tense) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
6. (auxiliary, in a subordinate clause in the subjunctive) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause

Usage notes

• Sollen expresses moral duty or the suggestion that something ought to be done. Müssen can express the necessity of doing something, but also the moral duty. Both verbs can express a duty imposed by someone else. In this case müssen is stronger than sollen, implying that the imposing person has some kind of power to make the other really do it.

• When used as a modal auxiliary verb, the past participle is sollen.

Further reading

• “sollen” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzolən/

Verb

sollen (third-person singular present soll, past participle sollen, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to ought to, shall, should

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.