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Otti missversteht Frau Hilde und schaut in den Spiegel. Otti misunderstands Frau Hilde and looks in the mirror.

verb · B1

missverstehen

[ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːən]

to misunderstand

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verstehen

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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.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich missverstehemissverstandhabe missverstanden
du missverstehstmissverstandesthast missverstanden
er/sie/es missverstehtmissverstandhat missverstanden
wir missverstehenmissverstandenhaben missverstanden
ihr missverstehtmissverstandethabt missverstanden
sie/Sie missverstehenmissverstandenhaben 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
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte missverstandenwerde missverstehenwerde missverstanden haben
du hattest missverstandenwirst missverstehenwirst missverstanden haben
er/sie/es hatte missverstandenwird missverstehenwird missverstanden haben
wir hatten missverstandenwerden missverstehenwerden missverstanden haben
ihr hattet missverstandenwerdet missverstehenwerdet missverstanden haben
sie/Sie hatten missverstandenwerden missverstehenwerden 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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