missen

English

Pronoun

missen

  1. (Yorkshire, colloquial) Myself.

Noun

missen (plural missens)

  1. Alternative form of mizzen

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

missen c

  1. definite singular of mis

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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
Conjugation of missen (weak)
infinitive missen
past singular miste
past participle gemist
infinitive missen
gerund missen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular mismiste
2nd person sing. (jij) mistmiste
2nd person sing. (u) mistmiste
2nd person sing. (gij) mistmiste
3rd person singular mistmiste
plural missenmisten
subjunctive sing.1 missemiste
subjunctive plur.1 missenmisten
imperative sing. mis
imperative plur.1 mist
participles missendgemist
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: mis
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi
  • Negerhollands: mis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

missen

  1. plural of mis
  2. plural of miss

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • missen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “missen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Swedish

Noun

missen

  1. definite singular of miss

Anagrams

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