List of German modal verbs
- dürfen : may
- können : can
- wollen : to want
- sollen : should/expected to
- müssen : must/have to
- mögen : to like
- möchten : would like to
möchten and wollen are similar. Wollen sounds more demanding and möchten sounds more polite.1
möchten technically originates from the subjunctive form of mögen