missen
English edit
Pronoun edit
missen
Noun edit
missen (plural missens)
- Alternative form of mizzen
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
missen c
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch missen, from Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *meyt-.
Verb edit
missen
- (transitive) to miss, to go without
- (transitive) to spare, to afford (going without)
- (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) | ||||
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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
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
missen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German missen, from Old High German missan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
missen (weak, third-person singular present misst, past tense misste, past participle gemisst, auxiliary haben)
- (higher register) to be without, to lack
- Synonym: entbehren
- (rare) to miss
- Synonym: vermissen
- (rare) to lose
- Synonym: verlieren
Conjugation edit
infinitive | missen | ||||
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present participle | missend | ||||
past participle | gemisst | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich misse | wir missen | i | ich misse | wir missen |
du misst | ihr misst | du missest | ihr misset | ||
er misst | sie missen | er misse | sie missen | ||
preterite | ich misste | wir missten | ii | ich misste1 | wir missten1 |
du misstest | ihr misstet | du misstest1 | ihr misstet1 | ||
er misste | sie missten | er misste1 | sie missten1 | ||
imperative | miss (du) misse (du) |
misst (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.
Verb edit
missen
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “missen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “missen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Swedish edit
Noun edit
missen