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missta

mistake

Meaning

mistake

Conjugation

Conjugation of missta (mistake)
Infinitive	att missta	to mistake
Present	misstar	jag misstar
Past	misstog	jag misstog
Supine	misstagit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har misstagit	jag har misstagit
Past perfect	hade misstagit	jag hade misstagit
Future	ska missta	or: kommer att missta
Conditional	skulle missta	jag skulle missta
Imperative	missta!	a command
Present participle	misstagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	misstagen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of missta
Infinitive	misstas
Present	misstas
Past	misstogs
Supine	misstagits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use misstar. See the four verb groups explained.

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missta in a sentence

Mannen som misstog sin fru för en hatt
The man who mistook his wife for a hat
Om jag inte misstar mig så vann hon guld det året
If I'm not mistaken, she won gold that year

Questions

What does missta mean in English?

missta means “mistake”.

What is the past tense of missta?

The past tense of missta is misstog (“jag misstog”). The supine is misstagit, used in “jag har misstagit”.

What is the present tense of missta?

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

Origin

miss- (“mis-”) + ta (“take”)

Nearby common words

missta is number 3,697 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,693framstå seem, appear
3,694sona atone for, expiate; make amends for
3,695kampanj campaign
3,696fattas be missing (short, lacking)
3,698snoka pry, poke
3,699otäck nasty
3,700kändis celebrity
3,701ceremoni ceremony

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