missuppfatta
Meaning
misunderstand
In Swedish: uppfatta felaktigt, missförstå
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att missuppfatta | to misunderstand |
|---|---|---|
| Present | missuppfattar | jag missuppfattar |
| Past | missuppfattade | jag missuppfattade |
| Supine | missuppfattat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har missuppfattat | jag har missuppfattat |
| Past perfect | hade missuppfattat | jag hade missuppfattat |
| Future | ska missuppfatta | or: kommer att missuppfatta |
| Conditional | skulle missuppfatta | jag skulle missuppfatta |
| Imperative | missuppfatta! | a command |
| Present participle | missuppfattande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | missuppfattad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | missuppfattas |
|---|---|
| Present | missuppfattas |
| Past | missuppfattades |
| Supine | missuppfattats |
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 missuppfattar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise missuppfatta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (missuppfatta). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does missuppfatta mean in English?
missuppfatta means “misunderstand”.
What is the past tense of missuppfatta?
The past tense of missuppfatta is missuppfattade (“jag missuppfattade”). The supine is missuppfattat, used in “jag har missuppfattat”.
What is the present tense of missuppfatta?
missuppfattar, the same for every person: jag missuppfattar, du missuppfattar, vi missuppfattar.
Similar words
misstolkafeltolka
Origin
From miss- + uppfatta.
Nearby common words
missuppfatta is number 9,585 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,581smittsamt contagiously
- 9,582smakprov a sample of food, a taste (to see if one wants more or the like), a taste, a taster, a sample (of for example a product yet to be fully released)
- 9,583basar bazaar; jumble sale
- 9,584kapp sometimes i kapp is used instead of ikapp (which see)
- 9,586norsk Norwegian
- 9,587efterhand gradually, with time
- 9,588flagg flag
- 9,589obestämd indefinite
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