English

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Pronoun

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missen

  1. (Yorkshire) Myself.
    Here's to yaw an me, an to mi wife's husband, noan forgettin misen!

Noun

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missen (plural missens)

  1. Alternative form of mizzen

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Danish

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Noun

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missen c

  1. definite singular of mis

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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.
Conjugation
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Conjugation 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, mis2 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. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: mis
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi
  • Negerhollands: mis

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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missen

  1. plural of mis
  2. plural of miss

German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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

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Descendants

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Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Swedish

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Noun

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missen

  1. definite singular of miss

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