misunderstanding
A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of viewA mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
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» There appears to be a misunderstanding.
Das ist wohl ein Missverständnis. — lilygilder
Hier scheint ein Missverständnis vorzuliegen. — raggione
Тут, похоже, имеет место недопонимание. — sharptoothed
Здається, ми не зрозуміли одне одного. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
The worst distance between two people is misunderstanding. - Thoughtkick
Missverständnis
недоразуме́ниеnedorazuménije, непра́вильное понима́ниеneprávilʹnoje ponimánije
непорозумі́нняneporozumínnja
A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
непорозумі́нняneporozumínnja
- an understanding of something that is not correct
- putting the wrong interpretation on
Examples
174 sentencesThere appears to be a misunderstanding.
Здається, ми не зрозуміли одне одного. — aandrusiak
ruТут, похоже, имеет место недопонимание. — sharptoothed
deDas ist wohl ein Missverständnis. — lilygilder
There may have been a misunderstanding.
Можливо, трапилося непорозуміння. — shanghainese
ruВозможно, произошло недоразумение. — odexed
It seems to be a misunderstanding.
Це, здається, якесь непорозуміння. — deniko
ruЭто, похоже, какое-то недоразумение. — marafon
Thank you for clearing up the misunderstanding.
Спасибі Вам за з'ясування цього непорозуміння. — ChickenKiev
ruСпасибо, что прояснили это недоразумение. — marafon
deDanke, dass du das Missverständnis geklärt hast. — Manfredo
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.
Перепрошую за непорозуміння. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mys undirstonding, equivalent to misunderstand + -ing. Compare Dutch mFrom Middle English mys undirstonding, equivalent to misunderstand + -ing. Compare Dutch misverstand (“misunderstanding”), German Missverständnis (“misunderstanding”), Swedish missförstånd (“misunderstanding”).
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Forms
plural: misunderstandings| Singular | misunderstanding |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- an understanding of something that is not correct:mistakemisapprehension
- putting the wrong interpretation on:misinterpretationmistaking
Word family
1 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- been a misunderstanding
- just a misunderstanding
- a big misunderstanding
- big misunderstanding
- all a misunderstanding
- been some misunderstanding
- some misunderstanding
See also
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