English edit

Pronoun edit

missen

  1. (Yorkshire, colloquial) Myself.

Noun edit

missen (plural missens)

  1. Alternative form of mizzen

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Danish edit

Noun edit

missen c

  1. definite singular of mis

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪsə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mis‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɪsən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch missen, from Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *meyt-.

Verb edit

missen

  1. (transitive) to miss, to go without
  2. (transitive) to spare, to afford (going without)
  3. (transitive) to miss someone
    Lieve kinderen, wij missen jullie. (typical paedagogical window message during COVID-19 measures)
    Dear children, we miss you.
Inflection edit
Inflection of missen (weak)
infinitive missen
past singular miste
past participle gemist
infinitive missen
gerund missen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular mis miste
2nd person sing. (jij) mist miste
2nd person sing. (u) mist miste
2nd person sing. (gij) mist miste
3rd person singular mist miste
plural missen misten
subjunctive sing.1 misse miste
subjunctive plur.1 missen misten
imperative sing. mis
imperative plur.1 mist
participles missend gemist
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: mis
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi
  • Negerhollands: mis

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

missen

  1. plural of mis
  2. plural of miss

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German missen, from Old High German missan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪsn̩/
  • Hyphenation: mis‧sen
  • (file)

Verb edit

missen (weak, third-person singular present misst, past tense misste, past participle gemisst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (higher register) to be without, to lack
    Synonym: entbehren
  2. (rare) to miss
    Synonym: vermissen
  3. (rare) to lose
    Synonym: verlieren

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • missen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • missen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • missen” in Duden online
  • missen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.

Verb edit

missen

  1. to miss, to not hit
  2. to miss, to lack, to not have
  3. to lose, to no longer have
  4. to fail

Inflection edit

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Swedish edit

Noun edit

missen

  1. definite singular of miss

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