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WORD GRAMMAR
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Modal verb sollen
Sollen is used in questions that express doubt. In this case, sollen is in the Konjunktiv II. If the question is introduced by a question word or a pronoun, then sollen can be in the present tense indicative.
| Examples |
| »Ich glaube, dass er es getan hat.« »Warum soll(te) er es getan haben. |
| Sollte er es sich inzwischen doch anders überlegt haben? |