tun muss

must do

→ tun

phrase Uncommon #20,183

must do Used when someone must or has to do something. It commonly appears in subordinate clauses after words such as „was“ or „dass“; the subject comes before „tun muss“, as in „was sie tun muss“ (“what she must do”).

GE: Ich weiß, was ich tun muss.

EN: I know what I must do.

Siehst du, was ich tun muss, um nicht zu sterben?

Do you see what I have to do to avoid dying?

— Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (2001)

Und dass Daddy tun muss, was er zu tun hat, für die Menschen, die er liebt.

And that Daddy has to do what he has to do for the people he loves.

— Mystic River (2003)

Ich glaube nicht, dass Tom bisher weiß, was er tun muss.

I don't think Tom knows what he has to do yet.

Tom tut nur, was er tun muss.

Tom just does what he has to do.

Mary weiß genau, was sie tun muss.

Mary knows exactly what she has to do.

Tom weiß, dass er es tun muss.

Tom knows he has to do it.

Ich weiß heute nicht, was ich bei unserem nächsten Treffen vielleicht tun muss.

I don't know yet what I may have to do at our next meeting.

— The Age of Shadows (2016)

Er weiß, was man tun muss.

He knows what needs to be done.

— Leben! (1994)

Das Genie tut was es tun muss, das Talent tut was es kann.

Genius does what it must do, talent does what it can.

Mario ist alt genug, um zu entscheiden, was er tun muss.

Mario is old enough to decide what he needs to do.

— Lohn der Angst (1953)

Tom sagt, dass er das auch tun muss.

Tom says he has to do that too.

Ich werde Tom nicht sagen, was er tun muss.

I’m not going to tell Tom what he has to do.

Ein Mädchen muss tun, was ein Mädchen eben tun muss.

A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

Ich denke nicht, dass Tom jetzt weiß, was er tun muss.

I don't think Tom knows what he has to do now.