verb · B1
missverstehen
[ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːən]
to misunderstand
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Grammar
- Present
- er/sie/es missversteht What happens now or usually.
- Simple past (Präteritum)
- er/sie/es missverstand The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfect (Perfekt)
- er/sie/es hat missverstanden The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".
Conjugation
The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.
| Person | Präsens | Präteritum | Perfekt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | missverstehe | missverstand | habe missverstanden |
| du | missverstehst | missverstandest | hast missverstanden |
| er/sie/es | missversteht | missverstand | hat missverstanden |
| wir | missverstehen | missverstanden | haben missverstanden |
| ihr | missversteht | missverstandet | habt missverstanden |
| sie/Sie | missverstehen | missverstanden | haben missverstanden |
- Präsens
- What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
- Präteritum
- The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
- Perfekt
- The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
| Person | Plusquamperfekt | Futur I | Futur II |
|---|---|---|---|
| ich | hatte missverstanden | werde missverstehen | werde missverstanden haben |
| du | hattest missverstanden | wirst missverstehen | wirst missverstanden haben |
| er/sie/es | hatte missverstanden | wird missverstehen | wird missverstanden haben |
| wir | hatten missverstanden | werden missverstehen | werden missverstanden haben |
| ihr | hattet missverstanden | werdet missverstehen | werdet missverstanden haben |
| sie/Sie | hatten missverstanden | werden missverstehen | werden missverstanden haben |
- Plusquamperfekt
- What had happened before another moment in the past.
- Futur I
- Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
- Futur II
- What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
| Person | Konjunktiv II |
|---|---|
| ich | missverstände |
| du | missverständest |
| er/sie/es | missverstände |
| wir | missverständen |
| ihr | missverständet |
| sie/Sie | missverständen |
- Konjunktiv II
- Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
| Person | Imperativ |
|---|---|
| du | missversteh! |
| ihr | missversteht! |
| Sie | missverstehen Sie! |
- Imperativ
- Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.
How the Word Is Built
miss prefix ver prefix steh root en ending
- 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).
- -en
- the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.
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