What this sentence means exactly? 'Er müsste morgen früh arbeiten.'
What this sentence means exactly? 'Er müsste morgen früh arbeiten.'
As far as I understood, 'müsste' is past (had). How it can be used for future (morgen)? (He had to work tomorrow early?!)

Question

What this sentence means exactly? 'Er müsste morgen früh arbeiten.'
What this sentence means exactly? 'Er müsste morgen früh arbeiten.' 
As far as I understood, 'müsste' is past (had). How it can be used for future (morgen)? (He had to work tomorrow early?!)

Answer

The tense of 'müsste' is called Konjunktiv II (he should work tomorrow morning.)
The past tense is 'musste'. Unfortunately, just the 'Umlaut' ('') makes this big difference :-)