misten
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch misten, from mist (modern mist).
Verb edit
misten
- to fog, become covered with mist
- De weervrouw had gezegd dat het zou gaan misten, maar we misten dat door de mist.
- The weatherwoman had said that it would become foggy, but we missed that on account of the mist.
Inflection edit
Inflection of misten (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | misten | |||
past singular | mistte | |||
past participle | gemist | |||
infinitive | misten | |||
gerund | misten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | mist | mistte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | mist | mistte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | mist | mistte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | mist | mistte | ||
3rd person singular | mist | mistte | ||
plural | misten | mistten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | miste | mistte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | misten | mistten | ||
imperative sing. | mist | |||
imperative plur.1 | mist | |||
participles | mistend | gemist | ||
1) Archaic. |
Noun edit
misten
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
misten
- inflection of missen:
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
misten (weak, third-person singular present mistet, past tense mistete, past participle gemistet, auxiliary haben)
- (agriculture) to manure
- to crap (of animals)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | misten | ||||
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present participle | mistend | ||||
past participle | gemistet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich miste | wir misten | i | ich miste | wir misten |
du mistest | ihr mistet | du mistest | ihr mistet | ||
er mistet | sie misten | er miste | sie misten | ||
preterite | ich mistete | wir misteten | ii | ich mistete1 | wir misteten1 |
du mistetest | ihr mistetet | du mistetest1 | ihr mistetet1 | ||
er mistete | sie misteten | er mistete1 | sie misteten1 | ||
imperative | mist (du) miste (du) |
mistet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English mistian; equivalent to mist + -en.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
misten
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of misten (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “misten, v.1”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.