Breakdown of Wir mussten viel miteinander kommunizieren.
wir
we
viel
much / a lot
müssen
to have to, must
miteinander
with each other
Questions & Answers about Wir mussten viel miteinander kommunizieren.
How does miteinander translate to "with each other" here?
The word einander means "each other". When you use a preposition like mit (with) alongside it, German fuses them into a single word: miteinander. This happens with most prepositions, creating words like füreinander (for each other) or voneinander (from each other).
Why is kommunizieren at the very end of the sentence?
This is due to the modal verb mussten in the second position. Modal verbs always kick the main verb in its infinitive (unconjugated) form to the very end of the clause.
Is mussten the standard way to say "had to"?
Yes! mussten is the simple past (Präteritum) of müssen. With modal verbs, Germans strongly prefer using this simple past form over the spoken past (Perfekt), even in casual everyday conversation.
Why is it viel and not viele?
Here, viel acts as an adverb describing how much we had to communicate (meaning "a lot"). Because it is describing an action rather than a countable noun (like "many people" or viele Menschen), it does not get an ending.