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Reading (or trying to) the book Emil und die Detektive, by Erich kästner, I found the following:

» Wahrscheinlich ist er sehr groß geworden, was? «, fragte Pony Hütchen und schob ihr ganz neues Fahrrad hin und her. Sie hatte es eigentlich gar nicht mitnehmen sollen.

So, in the last sentence I was expecting to see the Plusquamperfekt tense, but in this case, the sentence should be something like

Sie hatte es eigentlich gar nicht mitgenommen sollen.

or

Sie hatte es eigentlich gar nicht mitnehmen gesollt.

I mean, there must be a verb in the Partizip 2.

Additionally, when I paste "Sie hatte es eigentlich gar nicht mitnehmen sollen" on Google Translate, I get "She should not have taken it with her", which seems to be a reasonable translation, but it indeed has a "partizip 2"-like verb, that is, taken.

Then, why is there no Partizip 2 verb in that sentence on the book?

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  • @DavidVogt Oh, okay, the question you linked is about "das Perfekt", but I guess the same thing is happening in the sentence I quoted although it is in the Plusquamperfekt. Is it the case? Thank you!
    – Hilder Vitor Lima Pereira
    Jul 5, 2019 at 20:27
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    @HilderVítorLimaPereira The form of haben (hat, hatte, hätte or even infinitive haben) does not matter.
    – David Vogt
    Jul 5, 2019 at 20:34
  • @DavidVogt I got it. The Wikipedia's page Ersatzinfinitiv also says so. Thank you. And I am sorry for the duplicated question. So, I guess that now I must keep it here anyway instead of deleting it, right?
    – Hilder Vitor Lima Pereira
    Jul 5, 2019 at 20:36
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    @HilderVítorLimaPereira You don't have to delete the post. It can still be useful if someone else finds the linked post via this one (e.g. if they search for Plusquamperfekt sollen or something like that).
    – David Vogt
    Jul 5, 2019 at 20:39
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    I think there should be an option for you to accept closing your question if the linked post answers it.
    – David Vogt
    Jul 5, 2019 at 20:45

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