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falsch verstehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • misread verb To read or interpret something wrongly.
  • misunderstand verb To understand something incorrectly.

Senses

falsch verstehen is used for these senses in English:

  • misread To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.
  • misunderstand (transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.

misread — full definition

  1. verb To read or interpret something wrongly.
  2. noun An instance of reading or interpreting something wrongly.

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