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Habt ihr das Missverständnis inzwischen geklärt?
Have you cleared up the misunderstanding by now?
Grammar
- Plural
- die Missverständnisse In the plural the article is always "die".
Declension
The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.
| Case | Singular | Plural | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative wer? was? | das Missverständnis | die Missverständnisse | |
| Accusative wen? was? | das Missverständnis | die Missverständnisse | |
| Dative wem? | dem Missverständnis | den Missverständnissen |
Lotte erklärt, wie es zu dem Missverständnis gekommen ist.
Lotte explains how the misunderstanding came about.
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| Genitive wessen? | des Missverständnisses | der Missverständnisse |
How the Word Is Built
Miss prefix ver prefix ständ root nis suffix
- miss-
- wrongly, badly: missverstehen (to misunderstand).
- ver-
- often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
- -nis
- a noun from a verb or an adjective: das Ergebnis (result).
Word family
In Otti's situations: Frida and Emil fall out, Frida mediates a conflict at work
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