German

Alternative forms

• Mißverständnis (deprecated in 1996)
• Mißverständniß (deprecated in 1902, obsolete)

Noun

Missverständnis n ‎(genitive Missverständnisses, plural Missverständnisse)

1. misunderstanding, misinterpretation

Usage notes

• Missverständnis has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). (Previously, it had been deprecated by the German Orthographic Conference of 1901.)

Declension

Related terms

• missverstehen