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missa

miss

Meaning

miss

In Swedish: misslyckas med att träffa ett visst mål

Conjugation

Conjugation of missa (miss)
Infinitive	att missa	to miss
Present	missar	jag missar
Past	missade	jag missade
Supine	missat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har missat	jag har missat
Past perfect	hade missat	jag hade missat
Future	ska missa	or: kommer att missa
Conditional	skulle missa	jag skulle missa
Imperative	missa!	a command
Present participle	missande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	missad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of missa
Infinitive	missas
Present	missas
Past	missades
Supine	missats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use missar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (missa). Which is the past tense?

missa in a sentence

Missa inte den filmen!
Don't miss that film!
hon missade tåget
she missed the train
missa en straff
miss a penalty
jag sköt och missade med ett par meter
I shot and missed by a couple of metres

Questions

What does missa mean in English?

missa means “miss”.

What is the past tense of missa?

The past tense of missa is missade (“jag missade”). The supine is missat, used in “jag har missat”.

What is the present tense of missa?

missar, the same for every person: jag missar, du missar, vi missar.

Similar words

bommaundgå

Origin

From Old Norse missa, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.

Nearby common words

missa is number 720 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

716räkna calculate, count
717höll kept, held, grasped, gripped, lasted
718otroligt incredibly
719skall will, shall, must, have to
721regel rule, custom
722spel game, playing
723hänga hang, suspend
724bestämma decide, determine

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