misse

• IPA^(key): /misə/, [ˈmisə]

Derived from the noun mis (“cat”).

misse (past tense missede, past participle misset)

1. to blink

• “misse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

From English miss, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną, doublet of miste.

misse (past tense missede, past participle misset)

1. (informal) to miss (to fail a target or an opportunity)

• “misse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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misse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of missen

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misse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of mettre

• mises, semis

Inherited from Central Franconian misse, from Middle High German müezen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną.^[1]

Cognate with German müssen and Luxembourgish mussen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmisə/
• Rhymes: -isə
• Hyphenation: mis‧se

misse

1. (auxiliary) must, to have to

   Meer musste gehn

   We must go

misse

1. vocative masculine singular of missus

misse f

1. Alternative form of messe

misse

1. Alternative form of messe

misse (present tense missar, past tense missa, past participle missa, passive infinitive missast, present participle missande, imperative misse/miss)

1. Alternative form of missa

Compare German müssen, Dutch moeten, English must.

misse

1. (auxiliary) must, to have to

• Used as a modal verb.

ich muss — I must

du musscht — you must

er, sie, es muss — he, she, it must

mer misse — we must

dihr misst — you guys must

sie misse — they must

gemisst — to have had to

misse

1. inflection of missar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From a rare interjection miss, used to call a cat. Compare the origins of kisse, pulla, and pålle.

misse c

1. (colloquial, endearing) a pussy-cat, a kitty-cat

   Synonyms: katt, (colloquial) kisse, (colloquial) kissemiss, (colloquial) kissekatt

• misse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• misse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• misse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• semis