Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en misse

a pussy-cat, a kitty-cat

Meaning

a pussy-cat, a kitty-cat

Forms

Forms of misse
Singular, indefiniteen misse
Singular, definitemissen
Plural, indefinitemissar
Plural, definitemissarna

misse is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor misse, den stora missen. Check another noun

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Is it en misse or ett misse?

Questions

What does misse mean in English?

misse means “a pussy-cat, a kitty-cat”.

Is it en misse or ett misse?

It is en misse, and “the a pussy-cat” is missen.

What is the plural of misse?

The plural of misse is missar, and the definite plural is missarna.

Origin

From a rare interjection miss, used to call a cat.

Nearby common words

misse is number 3,556 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary