mishear
mishear · mishears · misheard · mishearing
ослышаться
sich verhören, missverstehen
To hear wronglyTo hear wrongly.
/mɪsˈhɪə(ɹ)/
» Tom misheard what I said.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(ambitransitive)To hear wrongly.
I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.
sich verhören, missverstehen, sich verhören
ослышатьсяoslyšatʹsja
To misunderstand.
Examples
12 sentencesTom misheard what I said.
It could be that you misheard.
At first, Tom thought he had misheard.
ruСначала Тому показалось, что он ослышался. — odexed
Song lyrics are often misheard, even by native speakers.
I always mishear song lyrics, even if the singer does it relatively clearly.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to hear wrongly:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to hear wrongly:
to understand wrongly:
Origin
From Middle English misheren, from Old English mishȳran, mishīeran (“to hear amiss, not liFrom Middle English misheren, from Old English mishȳran, mishīeran (“to hear amiss, not listen to, disobey”), equivalent to mis- + hear.
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Forms
mishears, mishearing, misheard, misheardWord family
2 related wordsRelatedlapsus auris
Derivedmishearer
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle