missachten
German, verb
missachten is spelled M-I-S-S-A-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missachten is a German verb meaning “to ignore (deliberately pay no attention to), disregard (orders, instructions, advice etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Missachten is a different word: “gerund of missachten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas (versehentlich) nicht beachten”.
What does missachten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ignore (deliberately pay no attention to), disregard (orders, instructions, advice etc.)
- 2
to flout
noun
- 1
neutergerund of missachten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas (versehentlich) nicht beachten 2. jemanden oder etwas (bewusst) ignorieren 3. gering schätzen, beleidigen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of missachten
- missachtet present singular third-person
- missachtete past
- haben auxiliary
- missachtend participle present
- missachte first-person indicative present
- missachtest indicative present second-person
- missachteten first-person indicative plural
- missachtetest indicative preterite second-person
- missachtetet indicative plural preterite
- missacht imperative second-person singular
- habe missachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben missachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- mißachten obsolete
- missachte! imperative singular
- missachtet! imperative plural
- missachtet haben active infinitive perfect
- missachtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- missachtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to missachten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is missachten in German?
missachten appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).