Translation

1. to like (something or someone) preterite-present, transitive

   Sie mochte ihn sehr.

   She liked him very much.

   Ich mag keinen Käse.

   I don't like cheese.

   Ich mag es, mit dir ins Kino zu gehen.

   I like going to the movies with you.

2. may source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
3. affect source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
4. may source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
5. would like; to want (something) preterite-present, transitive

   Ich möchte Käse.

   I would like cheese.

   Ich möchte keinen Käse.

   I don't want cheese.

6. would like; to want intransitive, preterite-present

   Ich möchte, dass du gehst.

   I would like you to leave.

7. to want to; would like to; to wish to auxiliary, preterite-present

   Ich möchte sie nicht fragen.

   I don't want to ask her.

   Was möchtest du wissen?

   What would you like to know?

8. to want; would like (similar to möchte) auxiliary, colloquial, preterite-present

   Magst du was trinken?

   Would you like something to drink?

   Ich mag nicht mehr drüber reden.

   I don't want to talk about it anymore.

9. may (as a concession) auxiliary, preterite-present

   Das mag ja alles stimmen, aber so kann es nicht weitergehen.

   That may all very well be true, but things cannot go on like this.

10. may; might; could (expresses an uncertain possibility or condition) auxiliary, preterite-present

    Das mag sein, weiß ich nicht.

    That may be. I don't know.

    Es mochte ein Fehler gewesen sein.

    It might have been a mistake.

11. to be hesitant to (do something) auxiliary, preterite-present

    Ich mag sie nicht fragen.

    I am hesitant to ask her.

12. may; be (paraphrases the optative). auxiliary, preterite-present

    Möge die Macht mit dir sein.

    May the Force be with you.

    Mögest du all deine Ziele erreichen.

    May you achieve all of your goals.

    Er hob die Hand als Zeichen, dass sie nicht weitersprechen möge.

    He raised his hand as a sign that she should stop talking.

    Da prügelt ein Berliner Student einen Kommilitonen krankenhausreif, weil der Jude ist und auf das Schicksal der Hamas-Geiseln aufmerksam gemacht hat. Dafür möge der Schläger von der Uni fliegen, verlangt daraufhin Josef Schuster vom Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland.

    A Berlin student beat up a fellow student to the point of requiring hospitalization because he was Jewish and had called attention to the fate of the Hamas hostages. Consequently, Josef Schuster from the Central Council of Jews in Germany is demanding that the hooligan be kicked out of the university.

13. to be able to, can modal, obsolete, preterite-present

Conjugation

Indicative

Subjunctive i

Subjunctive ii