mishear

English

Etymology

From Middle English misheren, from Old English mishȳran, mishīeran (“to hear amiss, not listen to, disobey”), equivalent to mis- +‎ hear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪsˈhɪə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Verb

mishear (third-person singular simple present mishears, present participle mishearing, simple past and past participle misheard)

(transitive, intransitive) To hear wrongly.
I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.
To misunderstand. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

to hear wrongly

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} mis verstaan , ^{(please verify)} verkeerdverstaan , ^{(please verify)} slecht horen
German: sich verhören (de)

Greek: παρακούω (el) (parakoúo)
Swedish: missuppfatta (sv)

to understand wrongly

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} mis verstaan , ^{(please verify)} verkeerd verstaan , ^{(please verify)} slecht begrijpen
German: missverstehen (de), sich verhören (de)

Swedish: missuppfatta (sv), missförstå (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} salah dengar

Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 聞き間違う (ききまちがう, kiki-machigau)

References

mishear in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
mishear in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

meharis, rameish