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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

  1. verb To hear wrongly.
  2. verb To misunderstand.

Related German words