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Otti vermisst seine Familie im Wald. Otti misses his family in the forest.

verb · A2

vermissen

[fɛɐ̯ˈmɪsn̩]

to miss

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Other Examples

  • Ich vermisse dich!

    I miss you!

  • Vermisst du deine Heimat?

    Do you miss your home country?

  • Wir vermissen Emil, er ist bei seinen Cousins.

    We miss Emil, he's staying with his cousins.

  • Habt ihr mich vermisst?

    Did you miss me?

  • Lotte und Frida vermissen den Sommer.

    Lotte and Frida miss the summer.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es vermisst What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es vermisste The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat vermisst 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 vermissevermisstehabe vermisst
du vermisstvermisstesthast vermisst
er/sie/es vermisstvermisstehat vermisst
wir vermissenvermisstenhaben vermisst
ihr vermisstvermisstethabt vermisst
sie/Sie vermissenvermisstenhaben vermisst
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 vermisstwerde vermissenwerde vermisst haben
du hattest vermisstwirst vermissenwirst vermisst haben
er/sie/es hatte vermisstwird vermissenwird vermisst haben
wir hatten vermisstwerden vermissenwerden vermisst haben
ihr hattet vermisstwerdet vermissenwerdet vermisst haben
sie/Sie hatten vermisstwerden vermissenwerden vermisst 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 vermisste
du vermisstest
er/sie/es vermisste
wir vermissten
ihr vermisstet
sie/Sie vermissten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde vermissen.

Person Imperativ
du vermiss!
ihr vermisst!
Sie vermissen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix miss root en ending

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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