"We had to sleep outside of the home today."

[jgesner]

Why is it not OK to say, "Heute mussten wir..."?

[wataya]

"Heute mussten wir außer Haus schlafen" is fine.

[Soglio]

Could "draussen" be used in here somewhere? Or can it only be used to mean "outside" generally?

[christian]

It's only outside without any further specification.

[christian]

Actually, you could specify where outside (draußen im Garten), but not outside of what.

[Soglio]

Thank you.