missverstehen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- misapprehend verb To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- mishear verb To hear wrongly.
- misinterpret verb To understand or explain something incorrectly.
- misread verb To read or interpret something wrongly.
- misunderstand verb To understand something incorrectly.
Senses
missverstehen is used for these senses in English:
- get one's wires crossed (intransitive, idiomatic) To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.
- misapprehend (transitive) To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- misinterpret To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
- misread To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.
- misunderstand (transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
mishear — full definition
- verb To hear wrongly.
- verb To misunderstand.