To be allowed to (to have the permission to) They all have a general meaning and some have more meanings, based on the context they are used in.
Modal verbs are verbs which express a mood like “want to” or “like to”. As mentioned, these verbs are “assisting” another verb in a sentence. The six modal verbs in German are: dürfen, können, mögen, müssen, sollen, wollen. But not always – because you are learning German and there is always at least one exception… What are modal verbs in German? That’s why you will most likely always use and find them in company with another verb. As you can guess by their name, they are used in a sentence to “help” another verb. Modal verbs or auxiliary verbs are a special class of verbs.
There are 6 German modal verbs, some sources may say 7, of them and… they are all irregular! Hooray! But there are also some simple rules for how to use modal verbs in German, and they have a lot of similarities.
