missfallen
German, verb
missfallen is spelled M-I-S-S-F-A-L-L-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missfallen is a German verb meaning “to displease, to dissatisfy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Missfallen is a different word: “gerund of missfallen; displeasure”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht gefallen, einen schlechten Eindruck machen, abgelehnt werden”.
What does missfallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to displease, to dissatisfy
noun
- 1
neutergerund of missfallen; displeasure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nicht gefallen, einen schlechten Eindruck machen, abgelehnt werden
noun: 1. Ablehnung oder Unzufriedenheit über etwas
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 missfallen
- missfällt present singular third-person
- missfiel past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- missfallend participle present
- missfalle first-person indicative present
- missfällst indicative present second-person
- missfallt indicative plural present
- missfallest second-person singular subjunctive
- missfallet plural second-person subjunctive
- missfielen first-person indicative plural
- missfiele first-person formal rare
- missfielst indicative preterite second-person
- missfielt indicative plural preterite
- missfielest formal rare second-person
- missfielet formal plural rare
- missfall imperative second-person singular
- mißfallen obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to missfallen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is missfallen in German?
missfallen appears 1.2 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).