different between misken vs missen

English

Etymology

From Middle English *miskennen (suggested by miskenninge (“mistake, misinterpretation”)), from Old English *miscennan (suggested by miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, or a fine exacted for this mistake”)), equivalent to mis- +? ken. Cognate with Scots misken (“to not know, misken”), Dutch miskennen (“to fail to recognise, ignore”), German mißkennen (“to misunderstand”), Swedish misskänna (“to misunderstand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?k?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

misken (third-person singular simple present miskens, present participle miskenning, simple past and past participle miskenned or miskent)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to know; be ignorant or unaware of; appear to be ignorant of.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To misunderstand; mistake; have the wrong idea of.
4. (reflexive, Britain dialectal) To esteem oneself incorrectly; have a false or exaggerated opinion of oneself or one's position.
5. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to recognise or identify.
6. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To refuse to acknowledge; disown; repudiate; pass over; ignore; disregard; neglect; overlook; disavow; disclaim; disown; deny.
7. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to mention.

Derived terms

• miskenner
• miskenning

Anagrams

• minkes

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch miskennen. Equivalent to mis- +? ken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?k?n/

Verb

misken (present misken, present participle miskennende, past participle misken)

1. (transitive) to deny or to fail to acknowledge

Derived terms

• miskenning

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mischen, from Old Saxon *miskian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijan?.

Verb

misken

1. (transitive) To mix

Derived terms

• Miskmöhlen

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miskijan?.

Verb

misken

1. to mix

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: misschen

Further reading

• “misken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

English

Pronoun

missen

1. (Yorkshire, colloquial) Myself.

Anagrams

• messin, minses

Danish

Noun

missen c

1. definite singular of mis

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s?(n)/
• Hyphenation: mis?sen
• Rhymes: -?s?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch missen, from Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-Germanic *missijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *meyt-.

Verb

missen

1. (transitive) to miss, to go without
2. (transitive) to spare, to afford (going without)
3. (transitive) to miss someone

Inflection

Derived terms

• misser
• onmisbaar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

missen

1. Plural form of mis

German

Etymology

From Middle High German missen, from Old High German missan, from Proto-Germanic *missijan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?sn?/
• Hyphenation: mis?sen

Verb

missen (weak, third-person singular present misst, past tense misste, past participle gemisst, auxiliary haben)

1. (solemn) to be without, to lack

   Synonym: entbehren

2. (rare) to miss

   Synonym: vermissen

3. (rare) to lose

   Synonym: verlieren

Conjugation

Derived terms

• vermissen
• misslich

Further reading

• “missen” in Duden online

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-Germanic *missijan?.

Verb

missen

1. to miss, to not hit
2. to miss, to lack, to not have
3. to lose, to no longer have
4. to fail

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: missen
• Limburgish: misse

Further reading

• “missen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “missen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Swedish

Noun

missen

1. definite singular of miss

Anagrams

• semins