* mögen is usually used without a full verb nowadays – ich mag dich
** möchten is in fact the subjunctive form of mögen, but nowadays it is used in the present tense as a separate modal verb (for past tenses, we use wollen).
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German Modal Verbs (die Modalverben)
The modal verbs in German are:
Conjugation:
* mögen is usually used without a full verb nowadays – ich mag dich
** möchten is in fact the subjunctive form of mögen, but nowadays it is used in the present tense as a separate modal verb (for past tenses, we use wollen).