Meaning

1 senses
  1. To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.

    missverstehen, falsch verstehen

    неправильно пониматьnepravilʹno ponimatʹ

More definitions
  • interpret in the wrong way

Examples

193 sentences
  1. Tom seems to have misunderstood Mary.

    Том, здається, неправильно зрозумів Мері. — deniko

  2. I think that you've misunderstood me.

    Мені здається, ти мене неправильно зрозумів. — deniko

  3. Anything that can be misunderstood will be.

    Все, що може бути неправильно зрозумілим, буде неправильно зрозумілим. — triantafillou

    ruВсё, что может быть неправильно понято, будет неправильно понято. — marafon

    deAlles, was falsch verstanden werden kann, wird falsch verstanden werden. — MUIRIEL

  4. I must have misunderstood.

    Я, мабуть, неправильно зрозумів. — deniko

    ruЯ, должно быть, не так понял. — marafon

  5. I think you've misunderstood.

    Я думаю, ви неправильно зрозуміли. — deniko

    ruЯ думаю, вы неправильно поняли. — odexed

    deIch glaube, das hast du mißverstanden. — Waldelfe

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly:

Origin

From Middle English mys-understanden, equivalent to mis- + understand.

From Middle English mys-understanden, equivalent to mis- + understand.

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Forms

misunderstands, misunderstanding, misunderstood, misunderstood
Base formmisunderstand · to misunderstand
3rd person singularmisunderstands
Present participlemisunderstanding
Past simplemisunderstood
Past participlemisunderstood

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisunderstand
he, she, itmisunderstands

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisunderstood

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misunderstood
he, she, ithas misunderstood

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misunderstand

Synonyms

6 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

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