misslingen
German, verb
misslingen is spelled M-I-S-S-L-I-N-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Misslingen is a German verb meaning “to fail; to be unsuccessful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Misslingen is a different word: “gerund of misslingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht gelingen, nicht von Erfolg, Brauchbarkeit, Nutzen sein”.
What does misslingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fail; to be unsuccessful
Das ist dir aber gründlich misslungen!
noun
- 1
neutergerund of misslingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nicht gelingen, nicht von Erfolg, Brauchbarkeit, Nutzen sein
noun: 1. Vorgang, bei dem etwas Gewolltes verfehlt wird/wurde
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 misslingen
- misslingt present singular third-person
- misslang past
- misslungen participle past
- misslänge past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- misslingend participle present
- misslinge first-person indicative present
- misslingst indicative present second-person
- misslingest second-person singular subjunctive
- misslinget plural second-person subjunctive
- misslangen first-person indicative plural
- misslängen first-person formal plural
- misslangst indicative preterite second-person
- misslangt indicative plural preterite
- misslängest formal rare second-person
- misslängst formal rare second-person
- misslänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to misslingen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is misslingen in German?
misslingen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).